Philomena Cunk’s Moments of Wonder Ep 1: Time
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Philomena Cunk asks “What is clocks?” at the ‘Greenwich Clock Museum’ from Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe on BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qh6w4
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This will go down as the rope-a-dope of the ages…
I just watched her Netflix series. I enjoy British humor.
Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the Night Court revival. I love Elizabeth Rauch and John Larrocquette, but the writing isn’t great and the rest of cast doesn’t do much for me.
same energy pic.twitter.com/lQbhMcpCfC
— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) February 8, 2023
As much as I wish Spoutible to take-off, it is tonight running as slow as it did when it launched.
The owner just was not ready for global prime-time.
And I’m off for the rack.
Sweet dreams, Dark Brandon rocked, and be kind to shattered R’s tomorrow.
They need room to grieve after how badly they got gutted tonight.
Today was a very, very good day.
Biden: “And to my Republican friends who voted against [infrastructure] but still ask to fund projects in their districts, don’t worry.
I promised to be the president for all Americans.
We’ll fund your projects. And I’ll see you at the ground-breaking.”— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) February 8, 2023
If it felt uncomfortable to watch on TV as a bunch of Members of Congress act like blind drunk hecklers at a basement comedy show, it felt 10x creepier in the chamber.
What a disgrace. What a terrible example for our kids.— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 8, 2023
I’m absolutely amazed that the party of space lasers, 5g vaccines, Hugo Chavez’s ghost, and nuking hurricanes chose to frame it as a battle of “crazy vs normal”.
It’s astounding.— Beau of The Fifth Column (@BeauTFC) February 8, 2023
all right. 11:51 and my bread is finally out of the oven. I have it on a cooling rack and now I can go to bed.
I was primarily listening to Biden’s speech rather than watching it (and switched to an old L&O as soon as Gov Huckabee showed up). My question— was Boebert well-behaved tonight instead of acting like MTG, as she has done in prior years?
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the Night Court revival. I love Elizabeth Rauch and John Larrocquette, but the writing isn’t great and the rest of cast doesn’t do much for me.
Has there ever been a reboot of a classic TV show that surpassed the original?
re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg
Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the Night Court revival. I love Elizabeth Rauch and John Larrocquette, but the writing isn’t great and the rest of cast doesn’t do much for me.
When most of the original show’s cast are either dead, retired, or refuse to be in the same room as each other, trying to revive it should not even be in the cards.
re: #15 sizzzzlerz
Has there ever been a reboot of a classic TV show that surpassed the original?
Battlestar Galactica.
re: #15 sizzzzlerz
Has there ever been a reboot of a classic TV show that surpassed the original?
also, Hawaii Five-0
Well, that settles that
President Biden squandered an opportunity tonight.
It was an angry, divisive, and fundamentally dishonest speech. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/57gDxPDq9C— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) February 8, 2023
re: #19 Dave In Austin
Well, that settles that
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He is so swarmy that I don’t see how his mother could stand him.
re: #19 Dave In Austin
Well, that settles that
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Like most of his party, Ted slept through the years of 2017-2020 and doesn’t remember the growled insults and threats that we were subjected to by the previous administration.
re: #19 Dave In Austin
Doesn’t Rafael have enough in the domestic problems department that he needs to shut the hell up?
re: #22 Joe Bacon
Doesn’t Rafael have enough in the domestic problems department that he needs to shut the hell up?
Ah yes, Ted “two terms for thee, but three for me”, weighs in.
Back later - off to work. And Dark Brandon killed it tonight at the SoTU address.
The smart China-followers I know think this is a responsible assessment: https://t.co/N6H5JVKDTs
— Eric L. Robinson (@UticaEric) February 8, 2023
Speaking of low-class
Hey @MittRomney just a reminder that you will NEVER be PRESIDENT! https://t.co/ANxiQPxAua
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) February 8, 2023
So “Dark Brandon” was at the podium tonight and I missed it because I needed to get some sleep after two days of surviving on catnaps just to attend doctor’s appointments. Guess I’ll have to check out the highlight reels.
I hope TV commentators and newspaper pundits are recognizing how different Biden’s remarks and tone are from the way day-to-day politics are portrayed by the media daily. He is being constructive, leaderly and focused on helping Americans. None of the ugliness. Just governing.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 8, 2023
— Matthew Tom (@MatthewHTom) February 8, 2023
The Swiss were told in no uncertain terms by NATO nations that the Swiss could be neutral or sell arms to NATO.
Not both. https://t.co/nAWUfmK9jl— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) February 8, 2023
**UPDATE**
Here-> https://t.co/aOyTsalomA
Surveillance balloons previously noted over #Indian Navy Base and Japan can now be confirmed to be #Chinese pic.twitter.com/e48M3h4rrK— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) February 4, 2023
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Exclusive!🚨👀
U-2 Spy Planes Snooped On Chinese Surveillance Balloonhttps://t.co/yWhBl8UEbE— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) February 6, 2023
re: #28 Captain Ron
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Yes, Lauren, get up there and show us all that high school mean girl energy we know you wanna let out.
Dark Brandon is enjoying the fuck out of giving this speech
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 8, 2023
Dark Brandon has had just about enough of your bullshit
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 8, 2023
This is not fair…to dead mice. https://t.co/hVAue06HQE
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 8, 2023
Not. Going. To. Happen!
— Stuart Gibbel (@yntbe) February 8, 2023
So as I play catch-up with the SOTU and the GQP “rebuttal,” what I’m finding hilarious is the immediate response from a lot of the media to Huckabooboo’s performance.
It’s not calling her a demented Mr. Rodgers like Bobby Jindal.
It’s not pointing and laughing at the ginormous thirst of Li’l Marco.
It’s rolling eyes and a wanking motion. She really was beyond parody tonight.
Ugh. That one wasn’t fun. Par is more than acceptable. MrsTarH had her shoulder and arm checked out. Thankfully, doesn’t appear to be rotator cuff. A steroid shot and some PT should get things back on track. Have a great Hump Day!
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re: #2 Captain Ron
I just watched her Netflix series. I enjoy British humor.
I used to love watching those sweeping Kenneth Clark and David Attenborough British documentary series where they start a sentence in one place….
…and end it in another
AND SHOUT A LOT AT HELICOPTERS!!!
No, I would not have been surprised if she had emulated her 1-6 accomplices by hiking up her polar bear dress and taking a shit in the aisle.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) February 8, 2023
re: #39 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
No, I would not have been surprised if [MTG] had emulated her 1-6 accomplices by hiking up her polar bear dress and taking a shit in the aisle.
Or chucked a flagpole at the President while he was speaking.
re: #12 Hecuba’s daughter
I was primarily listening to Biden’s speech rather than watching it (and switched to an old L&O as soon as Gov Huckabee showed up). My question— was Boebert well-behaved tonight instead of acting like MTG, as she has done in prior years?
Yes. She even stood and applauded at one time - was near the front of the room.
re: #22 Joe Bacon
Doesn’t Rafael have enough in the domestic problems department that he needs to shut the hell up?
If you’re talking about feeling any shame about driving his daughter to attempt suicide, he’s already gotten over that.
re: #42 darthstar
If you’re talking about feeling any shame about driving his daughter to attempt suicide, he’s already gotten over that.
He really knows how to put things behind him and move on…
…everything except his career as a senator.
re: #36 Targetpractice
So as I play catch-up with the SOTU and the GQP “rebuttal,” what I’m finding hilarious is the immediate response from a lot of the media to Huckabooboo’s performance.
It’s not calling her a demented Mr. Rodgers like Bobby Jindal.
It’s not pointing and laughing at the ginormous thirst of Li’l Marco.
It’s rolling eyes and a wanking motion. She really was beyond parody tonight.
I began calling her Huckabooboo when she was press secretary because she came across like the love child of MTG and Gohmert after three vodka-Red bulls. Last night she was Governor Huckabooboo. Same energy.
Okay, need to go back to sleep. President Biden was on point last night. Really was a good speech. And his ability to handle a hostile audience was admirable.
The Democratic Party should be handing out registration cards tomorrow.
Tonight was that good for President Biden and national Democrats.— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) February 8, 2023
Whoa. It’s not often you see an 80 year old man giving a public beat down to 222 grown adults, but my word. What a night.
— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) February 8, 2023
Underestimating Joe Biden has always been a losing proposition.
— Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) February 8, 2023
People also misunderestimated TFG: his ability to manipulate the media, his ability to find a legal loophole or delaying tactic when all around him were getting tarred with indictments and convictions and his ability to motivate a shrinking but fiercely loyal base who turn out and vote in great numbers.
re: #50 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I think the latter was where he was truly underestimated. People assumed that when he was shown for the fraudulent lying con-man hypocrite he is, people would abandon him, but that’s simply not true. American Evangelicals have turned the concept of the “Party of God” into the “Party of Whoever We Say is God’s Representative,” and for some stupid fucking reason (presumably some vestigial loyalty for appointing the SCOTUS justices who finally banned their beloved abortion), despite all evidence countering their notion that he is the epitome of a good Christian man, it’s him.
re: #52 Dopamine Fish
I think the latter was where he was truly underestimated. People assumed that when he was shown for the fraudulent lying con-man hypocrite he is, people would abandon him, but that’s simply not true.
“God sometimes chooses imperfect vessels to work his will on earth” was one argument offered by the Fundamentalist Christian Right for supporting a whoremongering adulterer.
And yes, they vote for him because they see in him the anti-politician, voting for him is their way of flipping a finger at their distorted image of politicians and politics as usual.
Managed a birb. And after a whiff. Otay!
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re: #53 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“God sometimes chooses imperfect vessels to work his will on earth” was one argument offered by the Fundamentalist Christian Right for supporting a whoremongering adulterer.
And yes, they vote for him because they see in him the anti-politician, voting for him is their way of flipping a finger at their distorted image of politicians and politics as usual.
“God chooses imperfect vessels” because, in Christian philosophy, nobody’s perfect. I mean, the Bible also explicitly says to “submit to the governing authorities out of reverence for Christ,” but you don’t see the Christian nationalists preaching that we should respect Biden and his administration, do you? No, we get fuckwads like Lauren “E. Coli” Boebert explicitly praying for his death.
re: #55 Dopamine Fish
“God chooses imperfect vessels” because, in Christian philosophy, nobody’s perfect.
How much more imperfect can you get than TFG?
But he is a “successful businessman” which to many Fundamentalists is a sign that he enjoys God’s Grace, along with all the other successful white businessmen (but not rappers or drug dealers, of course…)
re: #56 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How much more imperfect can you get than TFG?
But he is a “successful businessman” which to many Fundamentalists is a sign that he enjoys God’s Grace, along with all the other successful white businessmen (but not rappers or drug dealers, of course…)
Right, right, I forget, Prosperity Gospel and all that jazz. Never mind the numerous historical and even Biblical examples of people who had fabulous wealth and were not viewed as right with God.
re: #57 Dopamine Fish
Right, right, I forget, Prosperity Gospel and all that jazz. Never mind the numerous historical and even Biblical examples of people who had fabulous wealth and were not viewed as right with God.
In a completely just and equitable world in which everyone had equal chances of achieving economic success, then wealth could be seen as a measure of moral virtue.
But is just too tempting to blame the poor for being lazy and to accept a rich person’s money without questioning its provenance too closely…
re: #58 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“‘One thing you lack: Go, sell everything and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.’
At this, the man went away sad, because he had great wealth.”
Fuck acid reflux. Tried to go back to sleep for the last 45 minutes. Time to do it the way god intended. Stare at my screen and fall asleep with the laptop open on my chest. My wife will wake up and close the lid soon after that happens.
re: #60 darthstar
Fuck acid reflux. Tried to go back to sleep for the last 45 minutes. Time to do it the way god intended. Stare at my screen and fall asleep with the laptop open on my chest. My wife will wake up and close the lid soon after that happens.
Sorry to hear that - good luck.
re: #61 Dopamine Fish
Sorry to hear that - good luck.
It’s all good. Mastodon’s got a black background. I’ll put that tab up and close my eyes. It’s the weight on my chest that will send me snoozing.
re: #62 darthstar
It’s all good. Mastodon’s got a black background. I’ll put that tab up and close my eyes. It’s the weight on my chest that will send me snoozing.
Sounds like perhaps an investment in a weighted blanket is in order for you.
re: #59 Dopamine Fish
“‘One thing you lack: Go, sell everything and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.’
At this, the man went away sad, because he had great wealth.”
“Loan us all your money and we will use it to buy everything you own and then lease it back to you!”
The modern Prosperity Gospel
re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Loan us all your money and we will use it to buy everything you own and then lease it back to you!”
The modern Prosperity Gospel
I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but the message of the Gospel is simple: Love God, love other people, don’t be an asshole and do all the good you possibly can. If you have money, you should use it to do all those things. If you don’t, you should focus on those things, and then people will want to take care of you as well and do good things for you. It ain’t rocket surgery.
re: #65 Dopamine Fish
Try to be a better person, help others in their efforts to become a better person, be forgiving of those who make a sincere effort but fail.
That is the basis of the Amish way of life: they do not reject modern technology as the Work of the Devil or anything, they just see it as superfluous to their purpose in life, which is to love and help each other.
Anything that distracts them from their purpose is just not necessary. I try to adopt that to a limited degree.
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re: #61 Dopamine Fish
Sorry to hear that - good luck.
have you tried putting a couple of 1 or 2 inch thick books under the headboard legs? That saved my life years ago when I had chronic acid reflux. After a couple of weeks, things had healed and I never experienced it again. The slightly elevated head end of the bed kept the acid from roaming up through the esophagus seal.
A lot of people are dragging MTG for her outrageous behavior last night, but I recall Al Franken saying how disgusted he was with Joe Wilson for screaming “liar” and his Republican friend said, “yeah, but he raised $2 million the next day.”
re: #67 No Malarkey!
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Brandon joined me at my State of the Union tonight.
During a Lunar New Year celebration, he wrestled the semi-automatic pistol away from a gunman who had already killed 11 people.
He saved lives.
It’s time we do the same and ban assault weapons once and for all. pic.twitter.com/jFEPrTMVCL— President Biden (@POTUS) February 8, 2023
re: #71 Belafon
Brandon joined me at my State of the Union tonight.
Somebody on his team told him about the double entendre there, right? RIGHT!?!
re: #72 sagehen
Somebody on his team told him about the double entendre there, right? RIGHT!?!
Light Brandon and Dark Brandon, the two sides of the Force. Together, they are unstoppable.
In basketball trivia news:
Kudos to King James… the NBA’s new all time leading scorer… 🏀🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/RI4RDHPsD0
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) February 8, 2023
re: #35 Captain Ron
Loved that show… Claudia Black is mmmm. mmmm. good. So too is Ben Browder.
re: #74 Belafon
In basketball trivia news:
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I assume Kareem sent him some kind of classy congratulatory fruit basket?
I need the sign:
Sir, keep your “normal”
We’ve had a meeting, we don’t want it. https://t.co/bBTyEFHhzi pic.twitter.com/pBYA1p7Kln— Le Gateau Chocolat (@LeGateauChoc) February 8, 2023
So Morning Joke and his posse are “perplexed” at what Mama Crass was doing with her rebuttal.
Let me give them a hint.
She bombed.
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re: #35 Captain Ron
One of my favorite shows of all time. The 90 minute ‘movie’ to wrap up the show was pretty bad, but the seasonal episodes were all awesome. All good shows end early — see Firefly.
re: #78 Joe Bacon
What the hell did Mika do to her face?? Something is off here.
re: #82 Dave In Austin
What the hell did Mika do to her face?? Something is off here.
That a who farted face. She did just see Sarah Huckabee make a mess.
re: #76 sagehen
I assume Kareem sent him some kind of classy congratulatory fruit basket?
Possibly, but he was at the game to witness the moment and personally congratulate Lebron.
— Paige 🏴☠️ Ex GOP 🌻 (@ItWasACoup) February 8, 2023
uh oh!
Trump’s Pulpit Pimp Posse is having a “family disagreement” as “profits” are turning on each other!
A spiritual battle is breaking out among former President Donald Trump’s closest evangelical allies as self-declared “prophets” have begun pointing the finger at each other, declaring the other a “false prophet.”
And it includes the usual Pimps!
“FlashPoint” was launched heading into the 2020 election for the purpose of mobilizing right-wing Christians to support Trump and Republican candidates running for office. Airing on Kenneth Copeland’s Victory Channel network, the program from the beginning regularly featured host Gene Bailey with Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau, pastor Hank Kunneman, and evangelist Mario Murillo serving as commentators. Wallnau, Kunneman, and Murillo are all active within the modern-day Charismatic prophetic movement and used their positions as spiritual leaders to support Trump.
Kerr and Bullock, like Murillo and Kunneman, are self-proclaimed “prophets” who ardently supported Trump in the 2020 election and refused to accept that he lost. But Murillo has lately grown alarmed by some of the wild things preached by Kerr and Bullock, particularly their insistence that they have been to Heaven on multiple occasions and witnessed everything from dinosaurs to parks made of Jell-O…
re: #56 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
How much more imperfect can you get than TFG?
But he is a “successful businessman” which to many Fundamentalists is a sign that he enjoys God’s Grace, along with all the other successful white businessmen (but not rappers or drug dealers, of course…)
Calvinism is built into our protestant Theocracy.
re: #78 Joe Bacon
So Morning Joke and his posse are “perplexed” at what Mama Crass was doing with her rebuttal.
Let me give them a hint.
She bombed.
It wasn’t a rebuttal since she decided in advance what to say.
re: #86 Joe Bacon
particularly their insistence that they have been to Heaven on multiple occasions and witnessed everything from dinosaurs to parks made of Jell-O…
When they get to dinosaurs made of Jell-O, I’m there.
re: #73 Dopamine Fish
Light Brandon and Dark Brandon, the two sides of the Force. Together, they are unstoppable.
They both have cookies, and one of them even has fortune cookies!
The Syrian government bombed an opposition-held area of the country in the immediate aftermath of Monday’s catastrophic earthquake, the UK has said.MP Alicia Kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned President Bashar al-Assad for launching a ‘truly callous and heinous attack’ on the town of Marea, found in Syria’s north-west that was struck by the earthquake.
Marea sits around 70 miles south of the Turkish town of Pazarcik, which is close to the epicentre of Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake. So far, more than 9,500 people have been confirmed dead across Turkey and Syria. The number is expected to rise.
re: #87 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Calvinism is built into our protestant Theocracy.
The political franchise reserved for land-owning Christian white males
We need to reform the police, spending more to hire better people. We have scumbags in the job now.
Demetrius Haley took two pictures on his personal cell phone of the “obviously injured” Nichols after he had been handcuffed, according to a Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission document obtained by ABC News. He admitted to sharing a photo in a text message with five people — a civilian employee, two Memphis police officers and a “female acquaintance” — while an administrative investigation uncovered that a sixth person also received the same photo, according to the document.
Former Memphis officer texted photo of beaten Tyre Nichols, state records show (ABC)
re: #87 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Calvinism is built into our protestant Theocracy.
Yes it is. The Calvinistic bullshit that the more The Big G loves you the wealthier you become.
The Big G must really pop a tent for the Sultan of Brunei…
re: #72 sagehen
Somebody on his team told him about the double entendre there, right? RIGHT!?!
I’m pretty sure the President enjoyed not just honoring Brandon but trolling the Right.
re: #62 darthstar
It’s all good. Mastodon’s got a black background. I’ll put that tab up and close my eyes. It’s the weight on my chest that will send me snoozing.
That worked…got almost another three hours in. Mornin’ everyone.
— Craig From PA (@CraigFromPA) February 8, 2023
re: #63 Dopamine Fish
Sounds like perhaps an investment in a weighted blanket is in order for you.
Have one. Don’t care for it. Also have two dogs who hold my legs down at times. Thinkpad is just enough weight.
re: #85 Crush White Nationalism
Thank you for leaving the GOP when it became hopelessly corrupt.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) February 8, 2023
re: #98 darthstar
Have one. Don’t care for it. Also have two dogs who hold my legs down at times. Thinkpad is just enough weight.
Omeprazole magnesium works wonders.
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed a bill that requires the state’s electrical utilities to transition to 100 percent carbon-free energy sources by 2040.
But the move has brought a threat of a lawsuit from North Dakota, where officials say the Minnesota law goes too far to limit commerce among states.
Apparently, forcing someone to buy your product is part of the free market system.
re: #63 Dopamine Fish
Sounds like perhaps an investment in a weighted blanket is in order for you.
Or a cat. The late lamented Xena would crawl on my chest as I was settling down for the night. She didn’t stay there, just long enough for me to fall asleep. It was very comforting. The current resident started life as a feral and prefers to sleep alone most of the time (altho’ I have caught her sleeping next to me in the middle of the night).
re: #102 mmmirele
My cat does that to me too. He’ll usually spent most of the night with me, curled up either on one side of me or the other.
re: #101 dat_said
Apparently, forcing someone to buy your product is part of the free market system.
Ah, I love our governor. North Dakota can go fuck itself.
re: #102 mmmirele
re: #103 Eclectic Cyborg
When my cat was still alive, and still allowed in the bedroom (at the cabin I used to rent, before Mrs. Fish and I married), he would often sleep behind my knees as I lay on one side. It helped a lot in the cold winter nights, as the cabin was nearly 100 years old and was drafty as all get out.
re: #104 Dopamine Fish
Ah, I love our governor. North Dakota can go fuck itself.
North Dakota—home of a state owned banking system, state-owned grain elevator company and state-owned cement company among other state-owned enterprises whining about the free market…
Charlie Kirk’s right-wing empire loses a key asset: Students for Trump
The separation follows a failed effort by Kirk’s main deputy, Tyler Bowyer, to assert greater control over the Students for Trump accounts, said knowledgeable people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private dealings. The changes Bowyer floated would have included removing the Trump name and renaming the accounts as official Turning Point properties. He discussed leveraging the rebranded accounts as part of a new initiative using social media influencers to fundraise for political candidates, according to people who heard Bowyer’s pitch. But not all the money would go to the candidates, as influencers would get a cut of any fundraising they perform.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is now the face of the Republican Party and it’s a mistake. There are some people who like what she does and that’s why she does it. But the vast majority of people — and especially people who are temperamentally Republicans but have been pushed away by Trump and others — react negatively to that kind of behavior, understandably. It’s a mistake.”
— Former national security adviser John Bolton, quoted by NBC News.
re: #37 TarHellion
Ugh. That one wasn’t fun. Par is more than acceptable. MrsTarH had her shoulder and arm checked out. Thankfully, doesn’t appear to be rotator cuff. A steroid shot and some PT should get things back on track. Have a great Hump Day!
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#UPDATE Microsoft’s planned $69-billion takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard could significantly harm competition and consumer choice, UK regulators concluded in provisional findings on Wednesday ▶️ https://t.co/hy700YpaQU
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 8, 2023
Thread. Just started reading, but it looks like it dives into Ron DeathSentence’s plan to ban “leftist ‘woke’ propaganda” by calling it pornography.
2. Central to DeSantis’ claim is that teachers and librarians only face felony prosecution if they make PORNOGRAPHY available to students
What is pornography is DeSantis’ Florida?
Via @FLFreedomRead we’ve obtained documents from Duval county that answers this Q
And it’s wild— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 8, 2023
re: #108 Dangerman
people who are temperamentally Republicans
Bolton leaves himself open…he did not define his term and doesn’t get to.
File under “How Not to Do It”
Umm teases? pic.twitter.com/GHgrstL4qQ
— AskAubry 🦝 (@ask_aubry) February 7, 2023
re: #113 Teukka
I find that account hard to read, because she finds the absolute worst of toxic masculinity and incel outrage, and it literally hurts to read men being so stupid and self-centered and disrespectful.
re: #114 Dopamine Fish
I find that account hard to read, because she finds the absolute worst of toxic masculinity and incel outrage, and it literally hurts to read men being so stupid and self-centered and disrespectful.
Same here. But one needs to remember, there are men like that out there… And worse…
re: #115 Teukka
Same here. But one needs to remember, there are men like that out there… And worse…
Believe me when I say I am well aware.
Watching McCarthy, I’m thinking he’s a lot like the jury foreman in 12 angry men
does not have natural leadership abilities, but plays a role that requires him to maintain control during highly intense situations.
re: #103 Eclectic Cyborg
My cat does that to me too. He’ll usually spent most of the night with me, curled up either on one side of me or the other.
same. she likes to return to bed after she’s had one of her multiple evening snacks, her chest saturated with water from the bowl that feels freezing cold because it’s been sitting in the 65 degree part of the apartment. So it’s like somebody throwing a wet mitten that’s been out in the snow onto me. I still love her though.
re: #110 lawhawk
Microsoft talking over the Blizzard franchise strikes me as a poor choice for gamers in the WoW and Overwatch franchises.
re: #89 wrenchwench
When they get to dinosaurs made of Jell-O, I’m there.
LSD. That’ll get you there.
I think it got them there, too.
re: #119 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Microsoft talking over the Blizzard franchise strikes me as a poor choice for gamers in the WoW and Overwatch franchises.
It wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world (former WoW player, current big-time Overwatch player here); the main thing that is actually making a fuss here is the Call of Duty franchise. CoD is huge, and Sony has raised issues with potential plans for Microsoft to make it an Xbox exclusive IP in the future. I worry less about the other Actiblizz IPs being done dirty like that, though it would be a very Microsoft thing for them to do, but it might actually help those very franchises if they were able to secure a little bit of Microsoft’s limitless resources.
On the left, Republican Senator Mike Lee feigns outrage during the State of the Union when President Biden suggests that some Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare.
On the right, Mike Lee says he wants to get rid of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. pic.twitter.com/vi6pYQmhZX— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) February 8, 2023
re: #93 Crush White Nationalism
We need to reform the police, spending more to hire better people. We have scumbags in the job now.
Former Memphis officer texted photo of beaten Tyre Nichols, state records show (ABC)
In the USA, officers get just over 500 hours of training on average, in the UK 2500, in Germany over 5,000
You get what you pay for.
re: #100 Shropshire Slasher
Omeprazole magnesium works wonders.
I take that already. Kind of a rare incident for me these days. Having it happen at 2am made it worse.
re: #106 Joe Bacon
North Dakota—home of a state owned banking system, state-owned grain elevator company and state-owned cement company among other state-owned enterprises whining about the free market…
Also a state which I assume receives a fair share of USDA subsidies and is home to large military installations, Minot and Grand Forks AFB (although I guess the latter is closing)
So:
Biden: sober, thoughtful, has the receipts, ad libs the perfect rope a dope
Rs: chaotic, unmanageable, juvenile, all balloon, no cattle
re: #126 The Pie Overlord!
took me 5, I know too many words…
re: #123 Dopamine Fish
When Activision bought Blizzard, WoW took a hit ( I started WoW on the day it launched and played for ten years before I quit) I see this takeover as another bad idea. I may be wrong. Overwatch and I never meshed, could be because I never found a good team.
I’ve never seen anything like it in a State of the Union speech - they ran at him like a pack of lemmings and, with a wink and a grin, he politely directed them to the cliff.”
re: #132 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Could be. I picked up Overwatch to play with a group of guys who had played since it launched, and it’s been my main game ever since. My wife also plays it, and occasionally we play together. Back to the topic at hand, though, the takeover could cut both ways. Again, my main worry is that Microsoft is going to try to swallow all those IPs and lock me, a Playstation player, out of them; if that doesn’t happen, then the rest of it’s just going to be the usual corporate takeover clusterfuck. WoW took a hit when Activision took over, but it’s still apparently going pretty strong, though I haven’t touched it since 2016 (I also played for about 10 years before I quit).
I had the gall to ask an AI to rewrite the first chapter of Genesis in the style of DJT:
Folks, let me tell you, the beginning of Genesis, it’s a tremendous story, believe me. It’s all about creation, and let me tell you, I know a thing or two about creating. So, in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, believe me it was huge, it was the best creation you’ve ever seen. And the earth, it was without form, and void, but that didn’t stop God, no sir. He said, “let there be light,” and there was light, the best light you’ve ever seen, tremendous light.
And God saw the light, he said it was good, and he separated the light from the darkness, and that folks, is how day and night were created. And God continued his creation, he made the sky, and the water, and all the living creatures, the best living creatures you’ve ever seen, trust me. And he said it was good, very good, tremendous.
And then, God created man, in his own image, he breathed life into him, and he named him Adam. And God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, it was a beautiful garden, the best garden you’ve ever seen, and he told Adam to take care of it. And God said, “it’s good,” it was tremendous.
And that, folks, is the first chapter of Genesis, the best first chapter you’ve ever read, believe me. It’s a tremendous story of creation, and I know a thing or two about creating, believe me.
Mouse over the image for the alt text explanation.
re: #60 darthstar
Fuck acid reflux. Tried to go back to sleep for the last 45 minutes. Time to do it the way god intended. Stare at my screen and fall asleep with the laptop open on my chest. My wife will wake up and close the lid soon after that happens.
I know that sentiment well. It felt like I swallowed battery acid. My throat became so irritated, breathing became almost impossible until it cleared a bit. It forced me to get out of bed and sit up for up to an hour before I could try laying down again. A couple years ago, I tried changing my diet a bit and stopped eating anything after dinner. I still get heartburn occasionally but not reflux.
Ummm… ya know, I don’t think Kevin is being totally honest here… 🧐 pic.twitter.com/BbQmeqnJIH
— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) February 8, 2023
re: #113 Teukka
File under “How Not to Do It”
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File under “needs a restraining order STAT!”
re: #129 Dangerman
So:
Biden: sober, thoughtful, has the receipts, ad libs the perfect rope a dope
Rs: chaotic, unmanageable, juvenile, all balloon, no cattle
I don’t think those were ad libs.
These Republicans are predictable enough, you could write a script and know they’d follow it.
re: #60 darthstar
Fuck acid reflux. Tried to go back to sleep for the last 45 minutes. Time to do it the way god intended. Stare at my screen and fall asleep with the laptop open on my chest. My wife will wake up and close the lid soon after that happens.
Hate it. Nothing worked until Dr tried Protonix on me.
re: #138 The Pie Overlord!
Kevin is a classic coward. He’ll brutally trash talk almost anyone…but won’t dare do it to their face.
re: #135 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
OTOH, I asked the AI to rewrite the last chapter of Mark in the style of Trump, and this is what the AI spouted back at me:
Sorry, I am programmed to avoid generating content that is offensive or inflammatory. Rewriting the last chapter of the Bible in the style of a public figure, especially one with a divisive and controversial public persona, would likely be disrespectful and inappropriate. It is important to approach religious texts with reverence and sensitivity.
What? As if Genesis is not in the Bible? So what is going on here, is the AI trained to be biased towards certain beliefs?
re: #110 lawhawk
Microsoft could clearly have afforded to purchase Twitter (but they would never have paid the ridiculous price that Musk offered) and even if they put the guy in charge of Window Me in charge, the result would be far better than what Elon is currently doing to the platform.
re: #135 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m guessing it quickly devolved to straight up porn and misogyny when talking about Eve and her visage/body. /
re: #139 mmmirele
File under “needs a restraining order STAT!”
There was a dad on Quora whose son fit that description. He threw him out of the house, which was precipitated by the son calling him a cuck.
And having lots of girl’s underwear in the house that didn’t belong to the other members of the household.
Incel culture is really alien to me.
re: #143 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
OTOH, I asked the AI to rewrite the last chapter of Mark in the style of Trump, and this is what the AI spouted back at me:
What? As if Genesis is not in the Bible? So what is going on here, is the AI trained to be biased towards certain beliefs?
there’s no Jesus in Genesis.
re: #145 lawhawk
I’m guessing it quickly devolved to straight up porn and misogyny when talking about Eve and her visage/body. /
“You just grab her by the pussy. When you’re a deity, they let you do it. And let me tell you about this tree with the apples on it. A huge tree filled with apples. Tremendous apples. The best apples you’ve ever seen. So we were there in the Garden and this guy I created comes running up to me with tears in his eyes and says ‘God, God’….”
re: #144 Hecuba’s daughter
Microsoft could clearly have afforded to purchase Twitter (but they would never have paid the ridiculous price that Musk offered) and even if they put the guy in charge of Window Me in charge, the result would be far better than what Elon is currently doing to the platform.
See LinkedIn.
re: #145 lawhawk
I’m guessing it quickly devolved to straight up porn and misogyny when talking about
Eveand her visage/body. /
Book of Mark, not Eve, but the women by the tomb.
re: #144 Hecuba’s daughter
Microsoft could clearly have afforded to purchase Twitter (but they would never have paid the ridiculous price that Musk offered) and even if they put the guy in charge of Window Me in charge, the result would be far better than what Elon is currently doing to the platform.
So could Michael Bloomberg.
re: #140 sagehen
I don’t think those were ad libs.
These Republicans are predictable enough, you could write a script and know they’d follow it.
i think the set up was real enough, and pitch perfect.
some of it was just his responses to the heckling. not in the official transcript released before
re: #134 Dopamine Fish
I’m a PS5 person, too. I assume you’re playing overwatch on the PS (is there a port of WoW to the PS? I tried FFXIV on the PS, and immediately went back to my computer - MMOs are too complex for me to play on a controller) and the M$ wanting to lock out PS ports is a serious concern.
re: #135 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I had the gall to ask an AI to rewrite the first chapter of Genesis in the style of DJT:
Tell us all about the Two Corinthians and their tremendous red leather…
re: #154 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I’m a PS5 person, too. I assume you’re playing overwatch on the PS (is there a port of WoW to the PS? I tried FFXIV on the PS, and immediately went back to my computer - MMOs are too complex for me to pay on a controller) and the M$ wanting to lock out PS ports is a serious concern.
I don’t think WoW is on the PS; when I played that, I still had an up-to-date gaming PC. I do have a couple in the house capable of running most games at a decent level, but I primarily play on my PS4 because that’s what my friends all use. Mrs. Fish has a PS5; I might upgrade soon, depending on some financial things. I agree that it is a concern, but I think the concern might be overblown. PS is, at last count, more popular than Xbox, due at least in part to the implosion of the Halo franchise with the train wreck known as Halo Infinite; so I feel like MS would be killing off the golden goose to cut off the Actiblizz titles from the Sony ponies.
Something! Anything!
President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan—which he failed to mention in his #SOTU address—left millions of Afghan women & girls suffering under the brutal Taliban regime.
We must show the world this horrific oppression will not be tolerated.https://t.co/zJdOHeKzIV— Michael McCaul (@RepMcCaul) February 8, 2023
re: #157 Dave In Austin
Something! Anything!
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Somebody remind Mike that his beloved President Asshole ordered that troop withdrawal.
re: #156 Dopamine Fish
Good point. I hope you’ve tried the PS5 only versions of Ratchet and Clank, Horizon: Forbidden West, and God of War: Ragnarök. Those titles really show how amazingly powerful the PS5 system is and, oh they’re awesome games.
re: #159 Joe Bacon
Somebody remind Mike that his beloved President Asshole ordered that troop withdrawal.
Intentionally done to set Biden up for exactly this talking point, of course.
re: #161 Dopamine Fish
Intentionally done to set Biden up for exactly this talking point, of course.
Is a grrrrr, grrrrr, grrrrr a sufficient response to that ‘it’s all Biden’s fault’ trope?
re: #159 Joe Bacon
Somebody remind Mike that his beloved President Asshole ordered that troop withdrawal.
You sound like a Republican. Corrupt Donald Trump negotiated that withdrawal. You remember him, right? The guy who attempted a coup and exposed the Republican party as so corrupt that they’d throw our democracy away for a narcissistic sociopath.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) February 8, 2023
re: #164 Crush White Nationalism
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Also, the GOP fucked Afghanistan up going back over a decade.
Your obscure cinematic treat for the week: Space is the Place, a 1974 avant-garde Afrofuturist film starring Sun Ra and his Arkestra. In a private tag as it’s got some NSFW moments.
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Amazing what turns up on YouTube sometimes.
Republicans don’t understand this thing known as “receipts”
Scott is claiming that yes his plan says “all” federal laws would be sunset every 5 years but that “all” in this case “clearly & obviously” means “crazy new laws” and not the good other laws? (Nothing in the plan exempts Social Security or Medicare. It says “all,” the end.) pic.twitter.com/vxBT6s1Z5q
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 8, 2023
The person at the top of this is one of my very small number of Conservative Facebook friends. I haven’t seen her post anything crazy, but her crowd’s parents have gone nuts from Republican propaganda.
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thread
Former Twitter exec Yoel Roth explains that the Hunter Biden laptop stuff at first glance bore a lot of similarities to the 2016 Russia hack and dump operation pic.twitter.com/GK3uh73SE6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023
re: #168 The Pie Overlord!
Scott is claiming that yes his plan says “all” federal laws would be sunset every 5 years but that “all” in this case “clearly & obviously” means “crazy new laws” and not the good other laws? (Nothing in the plan exempts Social Security or Medicare. It says “all,” the end.)
I believe he was even confronted about that directly in an interview and tried to dance around it but did not say anything about exempting SS and Medicare
re: #168 The Pie Overlord!
Republicans don’t understand this thing known as “receipts”
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Did Biden even name Scott?
Video of Mike Lee Vowing to Gut Social Security Resurfaces (Newsweek)
re: #174 Crush White Nationalism
Did Biden even name Scott?
Video of Mike Lee Vowing to Gut Social Security Resurfaces (Newsweek)
Nope. I think he used the phrase “my Republican colleagues,” at which point, the majority of said Republican colleagues started freaking out.
— MountainMa64 (@Ma64Mountain) February 8, 2023
Maybe you should have kept your screeching hyenas in check. Not much of a “Leader,” are you Kevin? pic.twitter.com/Fx9qyAN8Iu
— Marmel (@Marmel) February 8, 2023
Gardai investigating after ancient Hill of Tara stone vandalised https://t.co/uJEImKfMv3
— Irish Archaeology (@irarchaeology) February 8, 2023
re: #168 The Pie Overlord!
Jesus fucking christ. Does wannabe Skeletor realize how much work it would be for Congress to have repass ALL Federal laws EVERY five years?
I’m confused. Obese people pay for things using food? https://t.co/nJdzmahUdl
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 8, 2023
It’s been proven for years the wealthy dodge taxes. Shut the fuck up, Ben.
Republicans keep insisting they’re focusing on the issues Americans care about and Democrats are pushing the culture wars … and then Biden gives a kitchen table SOTU while Republicans do this? https://t.co/91QT1nWFlL
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 8, 2023
And now the hearing is off the rails as Greene attacks Roth pic.twitter.com/p6c1Y8mxtL
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 8, 2023
My goodness — Marjorie Taylor Greene smears Yoel Roth as a pedophile pic.twitter.com/8yyjS9k2nY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023
Rep. Goldman schools Comer on facts in the Hunter Biden story that the New York Post got wrong pic.twitter.com/3K9TonOrJj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yep. The party that cries about decorum and lack of respect for this or that institution* doesn’t seem to care a shred about policing their own.
* - Usually right after it has been criticized for doing something fascist or otherwise beyond their normal bounds.
re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s been proven for years the wealthy dodge taxes. Shut the fuck up, Ben.
Ben’s just following the script provided by the Mercers. If he doesn’t they cut off his Wingnut Welfare Money.
re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg
Jesus fucking christ. Does wannabe Skeletor realize how much work it would be for Congress to have repass ALL Federal laws EVERY five years?
It’d become a rote thing whereby there is a block of Federal code they simply bring up and vote “AYE” on at the start of each session. Could probably even be very nebulously worded by saying something like “All active Federal legislation as of
I was on a board and we pretty much did that on an annual basis to carry our standing rules from one composition of the board to the next session.
re: #168 The Pie Overlord!
Republicans don’t understand this thing known as “receipts”
rick scott can clear this up easily
on tv
unequivocally
no hedging
say it loud and clear:
“ss and medicare are exempt from my proposal and were never a part of it”
re: #175 Dopamine Fish
Nope. I think he used the phrase “my Republican colleagues,” at which point, the majority of said Republican colleagues started freaking out.
several times he said ‘some’
he also said ‘not a majority of r’s”
they didnt listen. totally missed the nuance.
he sucked em right in
re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg
Jesus fucking christ. Does wannabe Skeletor realize how much work it would be for Congress to have repass ALL Federal laws EVERY five years?
Of course he does.
And he’s salivating at the thought of how many laws they’ll forget, or not have time for, or whatevs. Cocaine and child porn for everybody!
re: #189 Dangerman
rick scott can clear this up easily
on tv
unequivocally
no hedging
say it loud and clear:“ss and medicare are exempt from my proposal and were never a part of it”
He won’t because he’s hedging. The whole point was to say out loud, “No, we don’t want to cut SS and Medicare,” and then behind closed doors, vote to cut SS and Medicare, and then accuse Biden et al. of “being unreasonable and refusing to compromise.” They can’t do that anymore; he called them out on it, and then manipulated them into agreeing that they wouldn’t do it, thereby setting the stage in front of the whole goddamn country as, “Biden and the R’s have already established that SS and Medicare are off the table.”
re: #183 The Pie Overlord!
50+ years out of school and i finally understand what “compare and contrast” means
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Republicans keep insisting they’re focusing on the issues Americans care about and Democrats are pushing the culture wars … and then Biden gives a kitchen table SOTU while Republicans do this? https://t.co/91QT1nWFlL
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 8, 2023
re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg
Jesus fucking christ. Does wannabe Skeletor realize how much work it would be for Congress to have repass ALL Federal laws EVERY five years?
They understand that all of those laws will disappear — the US becomes Somalia.
re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg
Jesus fucking christ. Does wannabe Skeletor realize how much work it would be for Congress to have repass ALL Federal laws EVERY five years?
No, he just needs a smokescreen for this plans to kill SS and Medicare
Another Jewy-looking Jew gets beat up on the street. It’s a day ending in “y”
A Lubavitcher walking down the street was assaulted this morning with an unprovoked punch to the head.
Cool.https://t.co/VzfWb9ZNhj— Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone (@Mottel) February 8, 2023
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ben Shapiro: “Joe Biden proclaiming that people who are wealthy don’t pay their fair share is sort of like proclaiming that the morbidly obese do not pay their fair share in terms of food”
This man is the rhetorical equivalent of a blender with the lid removed…
re: #157 Dave In Austin
We must show the world this horrific oppression will not be tolerated
uh, how? Bu invading again?
Or just by starving all Afghans to death. That’ll show ‘em.
re: #188 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
It’d become a rote thing whereby there is a block of Federal code they simply bring up and vote “AYE” on at the start of each session. Could probably even be very nebulously worded by saying something like “All active Federal legislation as of
is hereby adopted and approved as current Federal legislation.” I was on a board and we pretty much did that on an annual basis to carry our standing rules from one composition of the board to the next session.
That’s not the way it would work in Congress. With the loons in charge of the GOP, if they got control of both houses, they would indeed sunset every program and wreak havoc on the operation of our government. If programs automatically sunset, then retaining them would require 60 votes in the Senate. The question is: would instituting this sunset law necessitate 60 votes in the Senate in the first place? After all, abolishing the ACA required only a majority.
Everyone who voted for the Democrats received a delicious German pastry. https://t.co/vOVZZxO1kk
— Liddle Lemon Pie 🌻🌈🍋🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) February 8, 2023
Per CNN: More than 11,000 dead so far in Turkey and Syria from the earthquake. Latest reporting in cnn.com
re: #200 Hecuba’s daughter
That’s not the way it would work in Congress. With the loons in charge of the GOP, if they got control of both houses, they would indeed sunset every program and wreak havoc on the operation of our government. If programs automatically sunset, then retaining them would require 60 votes in the Senate. The question is: would instituting this sunset law necessitate 60 votes in the Senate in the first place? After all, abolishing the ACA required only a majority.
Oh it would be abused certainly. It’s also the lead in for a complete mess once a bunch of fanatics decide to simply obstruct all Federal code because they can. It’d be like the debt limit thing turned to ‘11’.
It’s another performative piece of BS trying to say in a backdoor manner “We will eliminate the stuff we said we want to eliminate without actually saying we want to eliminate it.”
re: #204 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Oh it would be abused certainly. It’s also the lead in for a complete mess once a bunch of fanatics decide to simply obstruct all Federal code because they can. It’d be like the debt limit thing turned to ‘11’.
again, this is not a serious proposal, just a smokescreen to sneak through an agenda
THREAD: Joe Biden shows all the receipts.
Senator Rick Scott introduced a plan that would sunset Social Security and Medicare every five years unless Congress votes them back into existence.https://t.co/spnUd4vyQg
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 8, 2023
Greene says Twitter coordinated with the CIA to ban accounts like hers pic.twitter.com/OcBQxZw87p
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 8, 2023
She took her entire five minutes of question time saying she would not let the witnesses speak because they banned her Twitter account.
re: #207 Dangerman
But inflation something something…
RASKIN: Did I hear you say there were hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Twitter accounts set up by Russian propaganda and disinformation?
ROTH: That’s right. Those accounts are still active on social media today.
RASKIN: Well, we should be having a hearing about that pic.twitter.com/1iLI9Imt14— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023
re: #207 Dangerman
The “laws” that were supposedly violated, are not laws. Citing USC blah, blah does not make your vomiting true.
People buried under rubble have been tweeting their locations. Survivors have been tweeting about conditions and sharing clips showing the desperation and the state’s ineptness. Erdoğan’s response: throttle Twitter. https://t.co/QxsgCcTkKQ
— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) February 8, 2023
This hearing is doing a great job of showing how Twitter was, even before Musk, biased *in favor of* the GOP.
Trump didn’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else. He was held to lower standards than anyone else. And then Twitter rewrote its rules *specifically for him* https://t.co/QbGdTP7xET— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) February 8, 2023
Didn’t see whether pineapple was involved…
As @JohnDickie1 observes in his epic history of Italian food, the first attempt to export pizza north of the old Kingdom of Naples was met with disgust and rejection. Pizza only became a national Italian dish after it became an American favorite. https://t.co/ixtUjsrUYO
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 8, 2023
re: #213 ckkatz
Didn’t see whether pineapple was involved…
There are a number of pizza places in Rome near where Mrs. Fish and I stayed. You know who all was in them? Americans. Fucking tourists. The tour guide we went to the Pantheon with told us her favorite place, a little hole in the wall pasta restaurant in a quiet street a block or so away. We went there, and it was the best meal we had in the whole visit.
re: #213 ckkatz
I’ve honestly never thought of Pizza as Italian food.
Quote of the day:
“Chrissy Teigan referred to Donald Trump as a ‘pussy ass bitch’” pic.twitter.com/maAVA7tPK4
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023
re: #214 Dopamine Fish
There are a number of pizza places in Rome near where Mrs. Fish and I stayed. You know who all was in them? Americans. Fucking tourists. The tour guide we went to the Pantheon with told us her favorite place, a little hole in the wall pasta restaurant in a quiet street a block or so away. We went there, and it was the best meal we had in the whole visit.
you gotta be adventurous with food
tourists eat fast food because it’s familiar and (hopefully) predictable
re: #217 Dangerman
They should stop being Republicans. It’s a condition that’s sometimes curable by exposure to serious people.
re: #218 Dangerman
you gotta be adventurous with food
tourists eat fast food because it’s familiar and (hopefully) predictable
We had McDonald’s there once, to try the international offerings we couldn’t get at home. Otherwise, we found local places to eat. There was one place where we got on a first-name basis with the wait staff; we wound up going there 3 times, I think. That was the second best place we ate. If you’re experiencing a new place, it seems illogical to me not to fully experience the new place, including the flavors of the local cuisine.
re: #206 The Pie Overlord!
So —- if Scott actually understood his own proposal, the entire Social Security Act —- including Medicare and the Social Security Pensions almost all Americans over 70 are receiving monthly —- would either disappear (that’s what “sunsetting” means, by the way) or have to be re-enacted by Congress.
So naturally, a reporter asked Scott how he could justify “sunsetting” Medicare and Social Security pensions: programs that are wildly popular and have been in existence for decades. Scott dismissed that concern as “Democrat Talking Points.” The reporter retorted, with a tone of exasperation in his voice “No! It’s in your plan.”
re: #37 TarHellion
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re: #218 Dangerman
you gotta be adventurous with food
tourists eat fast food because it’s familiar and (hopefully) predictable
So I recall going to see Seven Years in Tibet part of which is set in Vienna. There is a scene with the city square and a bratwurst stand there “Der Wurst Max”.
It caught my eye, Der is the masculine article. Shouldn’t it be Die Wurst because in German the word for sausage is feminine (don’t make sense, do it?) but then it was explained to me, no in this case, it is the name of the business, it’s is more like “Max the sausage guy”
Well, that was actually product placement. Seems that the fellow who started out with a sausage stand in Vienna after WW2 set up franchises all over Mallorca, Ibiza and southern Spain where the Germans all go on vacation and made himself millions selling bratwursts to German tourists.
(actually my boss, who was a wise and learnéd man, explained to me why a sausage would be feminine: “Don’t look at the shape,” he said, “Consider how it it made: it needs to get stuffed!”
re: #223 Eclectic Cyborg
Rick Scott is quickly becoming one of the Republicans I hate most.
he’s giving cruz some competition, for sure
re: #223 Eclectic Cyborg
Rick Scott is quickly becoming one of the Republicans I hate most.
He always was for me, long before people like Trump, DeSantis or Ted Cruz came along.
re: #228 wrenchwench
the chancre and the skank
I’m still reflecting on the SOTU last night.
The depth of the speech and the choices made in it amaze me.
I have always assumed that the SOTU was just a generic formula based speech. I did blah blah and the State of the Union is Strong.
Biden did a whole bunch of, to me at least, totally unexpected things.
The contrast between how he presented himself as a happy warrior compared to the Republican “ODD” (Obsessive Defiant Disorder) angry howler monkeys.
In terms of strategy… Over and over again, he seemed to bring up values and empathy for the human condition. And the response of the Republicans was almost invariably to reject what should be commonly shared values.
He brought up points about the strengths of America and democracy. Which should be shared. And the Republicans rejected them. Even at the end of the speech, Republican members of the US Government seemed to reject the basic beliefs and values that serve as the foundation for our government.
He brought up how Republicans privately rejected what they claimed to support in public, such as public works, Medicare, and Social Security. Biden only could select a few of these cases. So the choices he made said a lot about what he was looking to achieve for the evening.
He laid some excellent traps. All of which could have been avoided if the Republicans had been disciplined and thoughtful. Which is bound to give discomfort to the non-kooks among them.
I find the thoughtfulness, strategy and decisions made by Biden and his team were impressive.
re: #230 ckkatz
+1
of course you know it boils down to
“whatever the dems are for, we’re against it. even if we were for it yesterday”
Weird how the OMG Chinese Spy Balloon completely disappeared from my twitter feed today though.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 8, 2023
The Biden team, in planning the SOTU, no doubt expected this. And expects to point this out in 2024.
They won’t keep their promises.
They don’t care if you know it.
And neither do their MAGA followers.
It’s a fucking cult. https://t.co/jg9rtVkvzu— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 8, 2023
re: #231 Dangerman
+1
of course you know it boils down to
“whatever the dems are for, we’re against it. even if we were for it yesterday”
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t know the difference between the State of the Union Address and the Rocky Horror Picture Show. She just showed everyone how ridiculous MAGA is. And why did she keep yelling “liar” at George Santos? That wasn’t nice.
— Jamie Raskin (@jamie_raskin) February 8, 2023
re: #232 ckkatz
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Just like a caravan
Weird how the OMG Chinese Spy Balloon completely disappeared from my twitter feed today though.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 8, 2023
It’s been interesting how quietly and effectively the Bernie Sanders wing has been coopted by, and absorbed into, the Democratic Party. And most of the kooks gently moved aside.
It seems to me that a lot of this work was done by Nancy Pelosi and her team. All done pretty successfully without much noise and in a way that everybody seems fairly happy with the results.
Being a progressive reformer is hard work. You often end up isolated and ostracized. Your candidates often lose.But what matters is that your ideas and policies win the long fight.This is a *very* different, more progressive Democratic Party than it was even 10 years ago. https://t.co/eSUrnjKFDr
— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) February 8, 2023
re: #218 Dangerman
you gotta be adventurous with food
tourists eat fast food because it’s familiar and (hopefully) predictable
I was on R&R in Teipei, out to eat at a pretty fancy place, my local guide asked if I liked foreign food and I was all “you betcha!” She ordered (in Chinese) and we chatted until the waiter brought the dish out with a flourish - it was spaghetti in tomato sauce. Like my mommy used to make.
re: #160 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Good point. I hope you’ve tried the PS5 only versions of Ratchet and Clank, Horizon: Forbidden West, and God of War: Ragnarök. Those titles really show how amazingly powerful the PS5 system is and, oh they’re awesome games.
I scored a PS5 back in September. Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla look amazing, but I’m working my way through God of War: Ragnarök and, holy shit, it’s effing insane in 4K.
That was already my favorite series ever, but art is unreal. It’s also way more open world than people are giving it credit for.
re: #236 Dangerman
Just like a caravan
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The caravan story is manufactured out of whole cloth every election cycle; the balloon was new. But in our modern landscape, most such novelties disappear the next day when something even newer attracts the public attention. This time it was Biden’s brilliant speech.
re: #234 sagehen
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And remember: outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend.
Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.
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