Recorded at Wackerhalle, 34th Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen, Burghausen, Germany, May 7, 2003
Bass — Charlie Haden (tracks: 1-4 to 2-6)
Guitar — Pat Metheny
So it looks like @mtaibbi got caught lying for Elon again? According to the Bangor Daily News, Angus King flagged two lists of “suspicious” accounts to Twitter, one conservative, one liberal. Taibbi only wrote about the conservative one. https://t.co/5PdIbs73ds
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 20, 2023
Apparently this is what he’s being paid to do.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2023
And if he isn’t being paid, then hoo boy is he ever being played.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2023
Metheny’s compositions can be fiendishly hard to improvise over. One of the most amazing things about him is how he can play through the most unexpected changes in a totally musical way, not showing off, but finding the real heart of the melody. He’s kind of unparalleled at that.
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) February 20, 2023
18 years later and Zuko still has one of the most well developed redemption arcs out there. And Iroh is still the 🐐 #AvatarTheLastAirbender
— Lee Shorten (@lcshorten) February 21, 2023
#lowtide means a clay pipe fest - early #1600s to late #1700s. Sadly none decorated. I shall sort through as I have my own home nerdy taxonomy (although some were already left behind - it’s the picking up i enjoy…) #mudlarking #thames #archeology pic.twitter.com/1ESKzIH9ti
1958 NFL championship halftime show pic.twitter.com/gI84t1xWM1
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) February 20, 2023
Chicagoland, my favorite touring rock ‘n’ roll circus played for the WGN news broadcast tonight.
Biden paid me a visit in Kyiv! pic.twitter.com/YOqGPusSBJ
— Saint Javelin (@saintjavelin) February 20, 2023
The same narrative about support for Ukraine is being planted in Canada, too. https://t.co/FBwGDh6KGv
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) February 21, 2023
re: #9 Belafon
Photoshopped (check Joe’s tie), but still admirable.
re: #10 jaunte
The problem with the narrative is that most Americans support Ukraine, and know the president and the country can multitask.
re: #12 Belafon
They’ve already duped the mayor of East Palestine into blaming Biden for his town’s troubles.
Amazing amount of photoshopped “Joe Biden in Ukraine” pictures going around these here internets. I think we got a meme war here.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2023
re: #10 jaunte
Not sure this approach is going get much traction outside of the nut-right: at least judging by these posts, the carping seems less to be about “national interest(s)”, and more just personalized criticism of Biden and Trudeau.
Though I’m sure the RWNM will be turning up the volume the longer the war continues (especially if it develops to Ukraine’s advantage).
re: #15 Jay C
Fox News and that ilk are intended to make money off of grievance theater. And the grievances are usually concocted.
Today showed me once again that 60F at 46% RH is more comfortable than 68F at 36% RH. That little bit more water in the air really makes a difference. At least for me.
Things I’m wondering: if I had hundreds of billions of dollars, would I turn into a really bad person, or hold onto my humanity?
Then I remember I’ll never have hundreds of billions of dollars, so the point is moot.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 21, 2023
re: #13 jaunte
Look at how soon we forgot Love Canal.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
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But if someone out there would like to test whether I’d be a nice person if I had even hundreds of millions of dollars, I’d be a willing test subject.
re: #13 jaunte
They’ve already duped the mayor of East Palestine into blaming Biden for his town’s troubles.
I suspect the mayor didn’t need to be duped.
re: #23 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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Then we get to discuss the judiciary branch.
From two posts downthread:
re: #470 Dr Lizardo
Kadyrov is setting up for the inevitable power struggle. And I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that post-Putin power struggle quickly degenerates into an exceedingly bloody affair.
May the affair be exceedingly bloody indeed…to the point where oligarchs send their kids to relative safety only to see them ‘falling from windows’ at sea level.
ok while it would be very funny if this was only on tweets bad-mouthing Tesla…
testing this out and it seems like any tweet linking to https://t.co/vbLl9zgMnr will receive this prompt when you try to like the tweet https://t.co/nRXPuxKDWh— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) February 21, 2023
It’s not the only one, although it does seem China related. Just a couple of days ago I posted this screenshot, I had never seen it before eitherhttps://t.co/JVAZ2ACZ5o
re: #16 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fox News and that ilk are intended to make money off of grievance theater. And the grievances are usually concocted.
It is impossible to build your own happiness on the unhappiness of others
— RedBeans 🫘freshy freshy (@MarieanneDH) February 20, 2023
re: #31 Captain Ron
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We all watched her antics at the SOTU while cosplaying Cruella Deville.
re: #30 Dangerman
It is impossible to build your own happiness on the unhappiness of others
That doesn’t stop many people from trying exactly that.
Kevin McCarthy just turned over the location of every security camera in the Capitol to Tucker Carlson.
Just so the next time the terrorists attack the Capitol they’ll have all the details of the security system.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 21, 2023
re: #10 jaunte
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Good ol’ Soviet-style “whataboutism,” proof that the far-right can recycle when they want to. The last two Republicans got a pass when they retreated to their ranch/golf courses respectively because “You liberals are dumb, of course he can do his job from there!” But a Democrat makes a historic visit to an active war zone where there is no US presence to show US support for an important ally on President’s Day and all we get is “WHAT ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS HERE!?!” Comrade Stalin would be proud.
re: #35 ckkatz
Every bit of this will end up at the Kremlin.
This will be studied by a hell of a lot more people than Tucker Carlson. They will know where every camera, security guard and entry point is, inside and out. But the real value is the propaganda. The remixes are going to be wild. https://t.co/bg5WhbnwJt— Jim Stewartson, Antifascist🇺🇸, Mike Flynn is Q (@jimstewartson) February 21, 2023
How many @CapitolPolice officers man the lower tunnel while Congress is in session?
Glad you asked! Tucker’s tapes say there are only 3 or 4. Easy to overcome with a small team.
But sure @SpeakerMcCarthy send the physical details of your colleagues’ security to the Russians.— Jim Stewartson, Antifascist🇺🇸, Mike Flynn is Q (@jimstewartson) February 21, 2023
NATO has been hunting down, with some success, the Russian operatives based in Europe for the past year. And has been expelling Russian Embassy staff responsible for overseeing them.
Certainly the Russians have been trying stuff, like the North Sea pipeline cut, the attack on the Bulgarian ammunition plant, and the letter bombs in Spain. Hopefully their abilities have been badly degraded.
As for direct attacks from Russian based operatives, that might be much higher risk for the Russians.
Dutch Military Intelligence is claiming that Russian Special Services are preparing to attack Infrastructure Targets including Gas/Oil Pipelines, Submarine Cables, and Wind Farms in the North Sea. pic.twitter.com/sYIdgJ8l6j
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 20, 2023
The official Twitter account for New Hampshire’s Libertarian Party is celebrating assassinations. More evidence that Libertarians are just fascists who smoke pot. pic.twitter.com/XKbIph6Won
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) February 21, 2023
Let the nicknaming begin.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, like Jack Posebic, was a urinalysis coordinator during his time in the Navy.
FOIA request by @JimLaPorta pic.twitter.com/A3e4nseQrq— Travis Akers (@travisakers) February 21, 2023
Just a reminder that once upon a time this publication was created to show where Jews could be accommodated.
It inspired the publication of another book with a Green Cover…
“If I don’t feel valued as a human being in this state, why would I stay?” She’s in good company. The steady outflow of young people from Wisconsin may well accelerate if they feel their values are under assault.https://t.co/5qcWyQF8m9
— Jennifer “Pro-privacy” Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 20, 2023
re: #41 jaunte
Let the nicknaming begin.
I called Jack Pissbeaker years ago. Put some respect on my name.
Bernie is in town doing media for his book and walked into a TikTok 🤣 pic.twitter.com/74wHvWyv5G
— Wu-Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) February 20, 2023
.@RepRaskin on Kevin McCarthy giving Jan. 6 surveillance footage to Tucker Carlson:
“Tucker Carlson is a pro-Putin, pro-Orbán, pro-autocrat propagandist.”#TheReidOut pic.twitter.com/3BQFDzYKAB— The ReidOut (@thereidout) February 21, 2023
re: #44 ckkatz
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All we heard through most of 2020 was about how there was about to be a mass exodus to red states, as city dwellers whose jobs were going WFH would flee to rural towns to get away from “tax-and-spend” liberal politics to save on living expenses. But the exodus never happened, and social media sites are full of people who made the journey telling their tales of woe about they now can’t afford to leave despite hating the culture and politics of the places they moved to to save a few bucks.
🇺🇦🇺🇸1:35 Zelensky wiped away a tear, watching Biden go down the row of Ukrainian officials, shaking each one’s hand. The US President in Kyiv—an active war zone. A huge show of support, faith & trust. On a BIG day—#PresidentsDay & Feb 20—9 yrs since #Euromaidan🕯It’s overwhelming pic.twitter.com/KT57RrXbk2
— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) February 20, 2023
Is this what it’s like to be non-white and have an opinion online? pic.twitter.com/gCJ8JTf0S7
— Joey Walsh (@Joey_Walsh) February 12, 2023
re: #48 Targetpractice
All we heard through most of 2020 was about how there was about to be a mass exodus to red states, as city dwellers whose jobs were going WFH would flee to rural towns to get away from “tax-and-spend” liberal politics to save on living expenses. But the exodus never happened, and social media sites are full of people who made the journey telling their tales of woe about they now can’t afford to leave despite hating the culture and politics of the places they moved to to save a few bucks.
When we build the giant Galt’s Gulag for lepertarians, we should set aside some space for Repentant Refugee Re-adjustment camps. These would be for gullible Californicators who fled to Texas to save money or escape progress, only to find that they hate being governed by brutal grifters and surrounded by their moronic supporters. They would gradually be re-adjusted and nurtured until, at some future time, they are fit to live among civilized humans again.
re: #49 Belafon
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I can definitely see why MAGAts are seething today. Their God-Emperor couldn’t even be bothered to visit gravestones while it was drizzling because he worried his hair would get wet. Traveling to an active war zone under constant threat of attack to attend an event where he was not the center of everything and getting nothing out of it would be downright unthinkable for him.
Sublime recent track from Andy Summers of the Police. This was intended to accompany an exhibit of his photography; he ended up making more of them into an album called Harmonics of the Night. Lovely, thoughtful, majestic solo guitar. #ECM fans take note. https://t.co/odn7baweKX
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) February 21, 2023
re: #51 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
When we build the giant Galt’s Gulag for lepertarians, we should set aside some space for Repentant Refugee Re-adjustment camps. These would be for gullible Californicators who fled to Texas to save money or escape progress, only to find that they hate being governed by brutal grifters and surrounded by their moronic supporters. They would gradually be re-adjusted and nurtured until, at some future time, they are fit to return to live among civilized humans again.
I’ve found myself wondering from time to time how many of them thought it was gonna be like some cheesy 90s rom-com, where they’d travel to some rural town that still thinks every portable music player smaller than a breadbox is a “Walkman,” charm the locals with their shining personalities, transform the culture around them into a mix of simple country life with modern conveniences, and win the heart of the shy but cultured heir of the local family dynasty.
Only to get there and realize that the locals view them as either suspicious or a freak, the local internet provider is still boasting about the speed of their new DSL service, the only conversion going on is fundies banging on their door daily to get them to join their church, and the local dynasty has a gene pool shallower than a parking lot puddle.
re: #40 ckkatz
If I were to mention Ronald Reagan being shot…
re: #40 ckkatz
The official Twitter account for New Hampshire’s Libertarian Party is celebrating assassinations. More evidence that Libertarians are just fascists who smoke pot. pic.twitter.com/XKbIph6Won
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) February 21, 2023
Normally I wouldn’t celebrate someone’s violent death but these guys are such assholes that I can make an exception in their case. We should definitely plan to dance in the streets or stage some other riotous celebration when lepertarians are mowed down like rabid dogs or, better yet, clubbed like baby harp seals.
re: #56 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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Normally I wouldn’t celebrate someone’s violent death but these guys are such assholes that I can make an exception in their case. We should definitely plan to dance in the streets or stage some other riotous celebration when lepertarians are mowed down like rabid dogs or, better yet, clubbed like baby harp seals.
Exchange further down in the original thread supporting Mark Jacobs’ view (a tweet from our friendly cow) ..
Republican: I hate poor people
Libertarian: I hate poor people and I’m stoned— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) February 20, 2023
Because the Christian Party banned stem-cell research in the name of religion, we can’t have this here.
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV (ABC News, February 20, 2023)
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
Referred to as “the Dusseldorf patient” to protect his privacy, researchers said he is the fifth confirmed case of an HIV cure. Although the details of his successful treatment were first announced at a conference in 2019, researchers could not confirm he had been officially cured at that time.
Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.
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It turns out that the reason researcher can do this is there is a particular gene which deletes production of a protein which HIV uses to enter a human cell. 1% of people are thought to have this gene, making them naturally resistant to the virus.
The procedure involves taking stem cells with this genetic mutation, reproducing them, and using these cells to “replace” the immune system of the patient with AIDS. Over time, the virus can no longer replicate within immune cells, causing its demise.
re: #59 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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re: #59 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Because the Christian Party banned stem-cell research in the name of religion, we can’t have this here.
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV (ABC News, February 20, 2023)
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It turns out that the reason researcher can do this is there is a particular gene which deletes production of a protein which HIV uses to enter a human cell. 1% of people are thought to have this gene, making them naturally resistant to the virus.
The procedure involves taking stem cells with this genetic mutation, reproducing them, and using these cells to “replace” the immune system of the patient with AIDS. Over time, the virus can no longer replicate within immune cells, causing its demise.
Even if we hadn’t experienced 2+ years of bugnuts-crazy conspiracy theories about a global conspiracy using COVID to push vaccines meant to do…something, we have to keep in mind that millions of our fellow humans view HIV/AIDs as a “punishment” on various “undesirable” populations and would oppose such a cure if only to continue the suffering.
re: #60 retired cynic
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re: #62 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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re: #63 retired cynic
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It turns out the Freedom from Religion Foundation was not exactly impressed with Gov. Huckabee-Sanders’s (R-Ark.) response to the State of the Union Address. They dissected her speech.
Gov. Huckabee Sanders: A hypocritical master of doublespeak (February 9, 2023)
Huh. The Queensland police have labelled the murder of two police officers and a neighbour a Christian terrorist attack. Not mental illness. Not lone wolf.
Queensland police say Wieambilla shooting was ‘a religiously motivated terrorist attack’ (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 16 February 2023)
These three people are real nutbars.
Police found camouflaged hiding places at the property, barriers such as dirt mounds and logs, six firearms, three bow and arrows, a number of knives, CCTV, radios, mirrors on trees, and a trap door under the house, which might have enabled an easy escape.
Deputy Commissioner Linford said police had been investigating Stacey Train’s diary, as well as the trio’s texts, social media postings and 190 interviews.
“What we’ve been able to glean from that information is that the Train family members subscribe to what we would call a broad Christian fundamentalist belief system, known as premillennialism,” she said.
Deputy Police Commissioner Linford said the trio saw police “as monsters and demons”.
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re: #67 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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She said the COVID pandemic, climate change, global conflicts and social disparity contributed to their belief in their system.
“Whilst the behaviour was similar in some respect to sovereign citizens, we don’t believe this was connected to a sovereign citizen ideology, we believe it’s connected to the Christian extremist ideology,” she said.
“There was a belief that Christ will return to the Earth … and provide peace and prosperity.
“But it will be preceded by an era, or a period of time of tribulation, widespread destruction and suffering.
“They started preparing for the end of days.”
re: #68 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Ever notice how the belief that the end times are upon us never inspires fundamentalists to peacefully accept things but instead grab up guns and start preparing for all-out war?
re: #69 Targetpractice
Or when it’s not specifically about End Times theology. (Abortion clinic bombings, lynchings, desegregation, &c)
Thanks, Elno.
And then the evil bastard,@NAndersonMD, went private. The lil b!tch couldn’t take the heat. pic.twitter.com/b8SrMa9ma7
— MelanieThe BarnOwl (@MelOwl5) February 19, 2023
Sure they are. Thread, three tweets, with video.
THE CRIMINAL PLAN: 5 months before the Covid Pandemic was declared Anthony Fauci met with HHS Director of Biomedical Research, President of Global Immunization and others on how to get the population to accept mRNA Universal Vaccines because a virus outbreak could occur in China. pic.twitter.com/7FVVYUeGCa
— Truth Justice ™ (@SpartaJustice) January 24, 2023
re: #72 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
reading the comments will definitely make you sick
re: #72 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Sure they are. Thread, three tweets, with video.
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One of the largest downsides to the creation of the Internet was that it allowed people who previously had to organize meetings in disused meeting halls with poorly-made flyers and through ads in the local free newspapers just to have screaming fits about global conspiracies are now not only able to do so with great ease, but they’re able to spread their lunacy across the globe at the speed of light.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Things I’m wondering: if I had hundreds of billions of dollars, would I turn into a really bad person, or hold onto my humanity?
Then I remember I’ll never have hundreds of billions of dollars, so the point is moot.
Steve Bannon made something like $50 million from financing Seinfeld and immediately put it to use showing the world what an execrable human being he can be.
Israel will provide Ukraine with missile defense systems, Foreign Minister @elicoh1 says - this is a BIG shift, following Cohen’s visit to Kyiv and meeting with Zelensky last week.
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) February 21, 2023
There is literally nobody else on the planet making a better case against Libertarianism than this account.
— Max Haas (@CringeLib) February 20, 2023
Will gladly take the par today. Having to fast ahead of a physical later this morning. At least it’s considered a requirement by my work’s insurance carrier, so it doesn’t cost anything. Have a great day/evening peeps!
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Putin’s state-of-the-union address on the war in Ukraine is underway. He starts by insisting his decision to invade a year ago was justified. “Step by step, we will accomplish all our tasks carefully and consistently.” pic.twitter.com/kZM7vGhe2J
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 21, 2023
Welp, Putin’s giving his little speech to the Duma. TLDR poor widdle Russia everybody beating up on us for no reason, the West is full of HOMOSEXSHULS, gay Ukrainian Nazis, everything is going completely to plan, really this was the plan pinky swear, the economy’s fantastic and everybody thinks so too.
re: #79 ericblair
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Welp, Putin’s giving his little speech to the Duma. TLDR poor widdle Russia everybody beating up on us for no reason, the West is full of HOMOSEXSHULS, gay Ukrainian Nazis, everything is going completely to plan, really this was the plan pinky swear, the economy’s fantastic and everybody thinks so too.
Never seen a man tap-dance like that man does around the truth.
re: #80 Targetpractice
Most of Putin’s set pieces are boring. I have trouble remembering a big one, except maybe the 2018 state of the nation, where he imagined hitting Florida with a nuclear cruise missile. But those in audience have to be sitting and saying: that’s it?
— Andrew Roth (@Andrew__Roth) February 21, 2023
I started to remark about how Putin thinks “The war being a total shitshow was always part of the plan!” is a winning argument until I remembered that the Russian people have been getting fed absolute horseshit about the war since Day One.
But hey, at least he’s nice enough to tell them that the regime has no plans to go past beating and jailing dissidents. Perhaps he’s planning to sell them on his grand plan later to offer those jailed the reprieve of serving on the front lines in lieu of a prison sentence.
re: #81 ericblair
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It’s the sort of speech you expect to hear from a politician who knows his favorables are shit but there’s little he can do to fix them in time for the election: “Yeah, things have gone tits-up, but I promise not to make them worse and possibly a little bit better! Vote for me!”
The news reports were not accurate. A lot of people went to see desantis:
The funniest part here is Desantis is so afraid of a large city that he has to meet Chicago cops in Elmhurst https://t.co/BGvYIMysA6
— Jeighsoughnn Maska (@JasonMaska) February 21, 2023
re: #72 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Sure they are. Thread, three tweets, with video.
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How did trump let this happen under his nose, on his watch, and essentially day by day on live tv???????
Who knew there were so many? 5/6
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re: #64 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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re: #41 jaunte
Gov. Ron DeSantis, like Jack Posebic, was a urinalysis coordinator during his time in the Navy.
re: #6 jaunte
i used to be a pipe smoker back in the days when one could get high-end estate pipes for a song. i’m kind of sorry i gave the pipes away to a smoker, as if i ever wanted to start back up, i had some beautiful briar to make use of.
re: #42 Joe Bacon
Just a reminder that once upon a time this publication was created to show where Jews could be accommodated.
“I wouldn’t be a member of any club that would let me join!”
-Groucho Marx
re: #84 Dangerman
The funniest part here is Desantis is so afraid of a large city that he has to meet Chicago cops in Elmhurst
And his trip to NYC was to Staten Island…as far outside NYC ass you can get and still be in NYC.
re: #57 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #93 Eventual Carrion
4/6 for me, but I accidentally did it on the wrong computer, so I don’t have the picture. I’m sure this is okay with some of you.
re: #96 Dopamine Fish
4/6 for me, but I accidentally did it on the wrong computer, so I don’t have the picture. I’m sure this is okay with some of you.
We know who we are!
Vladimir Putin said Russia is suspending its participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, CNN reports.“Moscow is not withdrawing from the agreement, but is suspending its participation, Putin said in his state of the nation address.”
Not ripping it up.
Just throwing it in a drawer and ignoring it
I can’t recall now how much Zuck wanted to charge people for some bullshit on Facebook (or Meta or whatever the hell he’s calling it these days), but you know what, I’d much rather spend $100 on this:
Lemme give you the rundown - 316L solid stainless steel brushed case with polished accents, on a stainless steel bracelet with a milled tri-fold clasp and locking hasp, ceramic bezel, highly luminous hands and bezel indicators (lume on both lasts all night, so about eight hours), sapphire crystal, signed screw-down crown and caseback, claimed water resistance to 200 meters (to be fair, I don’t have a pressure tester, so I can’t vouch for that) and powered by a Seiko NH35A 24 jewel automatic movement with a hacking 40-hour power reserve, 21,600 bph and I’ve noticed variance of around +5 seconds per day.
Yep, for $100…with free international shipping. The only critique I had was that the bracelet was initially a bit jangly, so I soaked it in mineral oil for a couple hours, and now it’s as smooth as silk. Everything else was grade-A, top notch. This particular watch (Steeldive SD1970, an obvious homage to the Seiko 6105-8110) is, IMHO, maybe the best value-for-money wristwatch you can find on AliExpress. And it’s genuinely well-made, to boot; whomever is behind this has a pretty solid QC game going on. I’ve had it for a couple of weeks now as a daily wear, and it’s great.
So Zuck can take his internet grift and stick it where the Sun don’t shine. And Elon Musk, too. I have better - and shinier - things to spend my money on.
re: #99 Dr Lizardo
My seiko from 2008. I had to reset the date a couple of times, and had it go through a ten minute spell once where the minute hand seemingly got hung up. By the time I’d figured out where one sends a seiko for repair, it had straightened itself out and no problems since. Note that we’re in year 3 of our leap year sequence, and it’s 0830 rather than 2030.
Things that work well forever are few and far between.
For the Hill Street Blues fans, she died on Sunday:
Barbara Bosson, ‘Hill Street Blues’ Star, Dies at 83 https://t.co/AQqNIncRSm via @variety
— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) February 21, 2023
re: #102 steve_davis
A Seiko Kinetic. Those are nice - never had one myself, but I know a couple people who did and they love ‘em. Pretty much a set-it-and-forget-it kind of watch, like the Citizen Eco-Drive range. And they’re solid watches, too.
In gaming news, major publishing studio Bungie (former owner/developer of the Halo franchise, current publishers of the Destiny franchise) has prevailed in a massive DMCA lawsuit against an aim hack cheat developer. In arbitration, the judge ruled that the cheaters unlawfully bypassed Bungie’s copyright security and Terms of Service, and awarded the company $3.6M in damages and $700k in lawyer’s fees. They continue with another action against another cheat company, but this ruling provides strong protection for legitimate gamers against the cheating bastards.
Have not worn a watch in literally decades.
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Since covid, and WFH, I haven’t worn a watch either. I don’t think I’m going back to wearing one, except maybe at special events (if any of them still have working batteries, that is).
re: #84 Dangerman
He was in Staten Island too, all to court right wingers and cops for his fascist agenda.
He claimed he was a law and order type. Too bad crime rates in FL are higher than in NY. NY has lower homicide rate than FL. Lower crime rates overall too.
Why? Because FL is making it easier for people to get and use guns in crimes, while NY holds the line on gun regulations in the face of an activist right wing SCOTUS that eviscerated the 2A.
DeSantis came to NY claiming to be law and order guy, and all he does is gaslight and lie. Bail reform isn’t causing crime - influx of readily available guns is the problem, and GOP is busy making all of it worse by relaxing gun regulations in states they control.
— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) February 21, 2023
Before cell phones I would glue a cheap digital watch to the inside of my hardhat. Whenever someone would ask me the time I would take my hard hat off, look up at the sun while shading my eyes with it, and give them the exact time.
re: #109 Shropshire Slasher
Before cell phones I would glue a cheap digital watch to the inside of my hardhat. Whenever someone would ask me the time I would take my hard hat off, look up at the sun while shading my eyes with it, and give them the exact time.
There’s a joke like that involving a pair of donkey’s balls…
Wow, this James O’Keefe video. pic.twitter.com/U4HJLMLhA5
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) February 21, 2023
re: #111 Dangerman
Until and unless they find Santos guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, don’t expect him to budge from his seat or his committee appointments.
re: #116 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Until and unless they find Santos guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, don’t expect him to budge from his seat or his committee appointments.
This. Shit, I wouldn’t be surprised if the dude managed to get re-elected next time around.
Buttigieg responds to Rubio, who had called for his resignation, by noting the senator joined his GOP colleagues in a 2021 letter “calling on us to weaken our practices around track inspection.” https://t.co/6FKEYebz0c
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 21, 2023
re: #119 Eclectic Cyborg
This. Shit, I wouldn’t be surprised if the dude managed to get re-elected next time around.
I see that as less likely but the point is that even the most blatant and easily proven lies are not going to get you kicked out of Congress unless you have been perhaps lying to the IRS or Electoral Commission.
…and as we have seen, even then.
I am working with Amazon to do a very unusual thing: I’m trying to delay delivery of an order. With the oncoming snowpocalypse (18+” / 45+ cm), the delivery is set to arrive during the worst of the problem. If I can reschedule final delivery, I won’t feel guilty about the unfortunate timing.
re: #122 Dopamine Fish
I am working with Amazon to do a very unusual thing: I’m trying to delay delivery of an order. With the oncoming snowpocalypse (18+” / 45+ cm), the delivery is set to arrive during the worst of the problem. If I can reschedule final delivery, I won’t feel guilty about the unfortunate timing.
Good for you. Most Amazon customers would be screaming at Customer Service about why the driver didn’t risk their lives trying to get $10 worth of paper towels delivered.
I just looked at the weather map. I didn’t realize how massive this storm is. I don’t know if the Delaware River is acting as some sort of magical barrier, but NJ has been spared just about every major national weather event this year.
re: #122 Dopamine Fish
I am working with Amazon to do a very unusual thing: I’m trying to delay delivery of an order. With the oncoming snowpocalypse (18+” / 45+ cm), the delivery is set to arrive during the worst of the problem. If I can reschedule final delivery, I won’t feel guilty about the unfortunate timing.
Supposed to be 8-12” here, my UPS package is supposed to be delivered today before the snow and my amazon packages are in the hands of USPS so I’ll probably see them Friday afterwards.
re: #123 Mattand
Good for you. Most Amazon customers would be screaming at Customer Service about why the driver didn’t risk their lives trying to get $10 worth of paper towels delivered.
It’s noodles. Specifically, several varieties of Korean ramen that we really enjoy, but we literally just finished one package yesterday. I can live without the luxury of nice noodles for a few days, and if I had thought about it when I placed the order, I would’ve scheduled them for my Amazon Day, which is Saturday.
Joe Rogan claimed the other day that there are no ‘examples’ that show Elon Musk is a rightwinger.
So, I couldn’t resist responding. Here are several examples, in just sixty seconds, from me:#minuterant #receiptspic.twitter.com/OrU4VA7A8c— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 20, 2023
Looks like we’re going to get that big storm system hitting Los Angeles Thursday thru Saturday and a weaker system hits us next Tuesday.
They’re saying this is going to be the biggest system to hit us so far this season…
re: #124 William Lewis
Supposed to be 8-12” here, my UPS package is supposed to be delivered today before the snow and my amazon packages are in the hands of USPS so I’ll probably see them Friday afterwards.
Forecast on this side of the St. Croix is 18-22”, with my current projection showing 17-18”. It’s supposed to start later this afternoon; the Big Boss (tm) just rescheduled our team activity that was supposed to be this afternoon, so as to avoid people trying to drive in this mess. I just loaded up on gas for the snowblower, gas in Mrs. Fish’s car, and eggs.
re: #125 Dopamine Fish
It’s noodles. Specifically, several varieties of Korean ramen that we really enjoy, but we literally just finished one package yesterday. I can live without the luxury of nice noodles for a few days, and if I had thought about it when I placed the order, I would’ve scheduled them for my Amazon Day, which is Saturday.
Mastodon
These are Vietnamese egg noodles, not ramen I don’t think. They come in a tight ball. We like them.
re: #128 Dopamine Fish
Forecast on this side of the St. Croix is 18-22”, with my current projection showing 17-18”. It’s supposed to start later this afternoon; the Big Boss (tm) just rescheduled our team activity that was supposed to be this afternoon, so as to avoid people trying to drive in this mess. I just loaded up on gas for the snowblower, gas in Mrs. Fish’s car, and eggs.
Got my list to buy on the way to work tonight and then it’s my weekend so my son (visiting till March 5) and I will hunker down here instead of doing anything useful. A good time to get back into Warframe as I haven’t played much since moving.
re: #127 Joe Bacon
Looks like we’re going to get that big storm system hitting Los Angeles Thursday thru Saturday and a weaker system hits us next Tuesday.
They’re saying this is going to be the biggest system to hit us so far this season…
Is that going to help with the drought?
re: #130 William Lewis
Got my list to buy on the way to work tonight and then it’s my weekend so my son (visiting till March 5) and I will hunker down here instead of doing anything useful. A good time to get back into Warframe as I haven’t played much since moving.
My parents are still intending on coming up this weekend, so we’re just doing what we can to prepare around the house while we’re snowed in.
The U.S. Department of Justice has shut down a Christian “health share” ministry whose owners supposedly took in millions of dollars from gullible members only to use that money to line their own pockets rather than reimburse clients when they needed their medical expenses covered.
According to the Kansas City Star, Medical Cost Sharing Inc., which was based in Missouri, took in upwards of $750/month per member with the promise of helping them pay for health coverage alongside other fellow believers. It advertised itself as giving “Christians the opportunity to minister to the Body of Christ while being thrifty and seeing to their own medical needs.”
re: #131 Mattand
Is that going to help with the drought?
Not in Texas.
Here’s my local boat ramp yesterday
re: #126 Crush White Nationalism
Joe Rogan claimed the other day that there are no ‘examples’ that show Elon Musk is a rightwinger.
He sells electric cars
electro-foo-foomobiles are only for woke Left-Wingers
ergo
Musk cannot be Right Wing!!!
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Joe Rogan claimed the other day that there are no ‘examples’ that show Elon Musk is a rightwinger.
He sells electric cars
electro-foo-foomobiles are only for woke Left-Wingers
ergo
Musk cannot be Right Wing!!!
Joe Rogan was into being kicked in the head for a while, and he did not start as a smart guy.
Kevin McCarthy haz thoughts…
Eggs used to be a cheap protein. Now they’re practically a delicacy.
We’ve got to pump the breaks on the overspending in Washington in order to get inflation under control. pic.twitter.com/rVrj0Eci75— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) February 21, 2023
re: #126 Crush White Nationalism
Spotify paid Joe Blogan $200 million to become the new Rush Limbaugh.
He doesn’t have half the talent and he hasn’t got the slick lying ability of the dearly departed deaf pill popping junky.
re: #47 jaunte
“Tucker Carlson is a pro-Putin, pro-Orbán, pro-autocrat propagandist.”
Sing that to the tune of “One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater”
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Cutting SNAP benefits to eliminate avian flu.
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Producers are facing avian flu; they’ve decided it cheaper for them to cull flocks than to vaccinate. That means reduced supply.
It has precisely ZERO to do with Biden inflation reduction plan that has reduced inflation and grown economy.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) February 21, 2023
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Eggs used to be a cheap protein. Now they’re practically a delicacy.
We’ve got to pump the breaks on the overspending in Washington in order to get inflation under control.
The only way to lower the price of eggs is by gutting government spending on social, environmental and safety programs!
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kevin McCarthy haz thoughts…
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re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If you kill all the poors, and hike the costs on everyone else, then only the rich can get their fluffy eggs and omlettes. You’ve gotta break a few eggs to make the rich richer. /////
re: #134 Joe Bacon
The U.S. Department of Justice has shut down a Christian “health share” ministry whose owners supposedly took in millions of dollars from gullible members only to use that money to line their own pockets rather than reimburse clients when they needed their medical expenses covered.
Is anyone surprised by this?
Anyone?
Bueller?
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re: #147 Eclectic Cyborg
Let us send our thoughts and prayers to the defrauded victims…
Riding on a train to the front lines of the fight for democracy? Peak Biden. #RailForceOne pic.twitter.com/rhN0qhAygq
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 21, 2023
re: #140 The Pie Overlord!
Sing that to the tune of “One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater”
-Sheb Wooley-
Rawhide
Point is that the GOP knows that lower-income voters spend a bigger share of their income on basics like gasoline and groceries than higher earners, so they are going to zoom in on those issues and convince them that the only way to lower inflation is by throttling government spending, especially on anything woke or LGBTQ-friendly.
re: #134 Joe Bacon
The U.S. Department of Justice has shut down a Christian “health share” ministry whose owners supposedly took in millions of dollars from gullible members only to use that money to line their own pockets rather than reimburse clients when they needed their medical expenses covered.
According to the Kansas City Star, Medical Cost Sharing Inc., which was based in Missouri, took in upwards of $750/month per member with the promise of helping them pay for health coverage alongside other fellow believers. It advertised itself as giving “Christians the opportunity to minister to the Body of Christ while being thrifty and seeing to their own medical needs.”
As Michael Stanely stated in one of their songs, “The Lord uses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord”.
re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Point is that the GOP knows that lower-income voters spend a bigger share of their income on gasoline and groceries than higher earners, so they are going to zoom in on those issues and convince them that the only way to lower inflation is by throttling government spending, especially on anything woke or LGBTQ-friendly.
Add in the GOP’s demand to wipe out SNAP what they love to call Food Stamps…
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kevin McCarthy haz thoughts…
Let’s see Kevie, egg prices up almost 60%. One major egg producer corps’ profits are up 65% this year over last. Coincidence?
re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
These are the voters who thought the deregulated toxic chemicals would derail in a darker neighborhood, so it’ll probably work.
re: #154 Eventual Carrion
Let’s see Kevie, egg prices up almost 60%. One major egg producer corps’ profits are up 65% this year over last. Coincidence?
Free market capitalism at work, according to Kevin and his dim-witted colleagues.
re: #153 Joe Bacon
Add in the GOP’s demand to wipe out SNAP what they love to call Food Stamps…
Because that term calls to mind images of young bucks in Cadillacs buying shrimp and sirloin.
re: #156 jaunte
These are the voters who thought the deregulated toxic chemicals would derail in a darker neighborhood, so it’ll probably work.
always a drag when they derail on the “wrong” side of the tracks…
re: #158 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Because that term calls to mind images of young bucks in Cadillacs buying shrimp and sirloin.
Now now according to Frank Luntz’s focus groups “those people” use them there food stamps to buy Lobster & Filet Mignon to go with this…
re: #160 Joe Bacon
Now now according to Frank Luntz’s focus groups “those people” use them there food stamps to buy Lobster & Filet Mignon to go with this…
MD 20-20 or Thunderbird
Well shitfire. After a week in the Florida sunshine I’ll be going home to this:
The latest from @AshleeBaracy: Wednesday’s potential storm is a very complex forecast because the type of precipitation depends heavily on surface temperatures and how far north the expansive warm front lifts and sets up shop. https://t.co/HnuOCd6V6m
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) February 21, 2023
Ah, the Feats of Strength Presidential Physical Stamina test! https://t.co/qpa0mWgv4F pic.twitter.com/wvmMo511Ax
— Elon Musk Blows Goats (@ballfootski) February 21, 2023
In less than two weeks the sun will set after 7:00 p.m. around these parts.
re: #165 Eclectic Cyborg
Happy Mardi Gras to those who observe.
A high holiday in Germany. The big parades were on Sunday and Monday but they will still be at it all day today
re: #164 teleskiguy
Do any of Trump’s proposed tests for “physical stamina” allow the use of golf carts????
If it’s Trump v. Biden, Joe should challenge him to a bicycle race…..
re: #168 Jay C
Do any of Trump’s proposed tests for “physical stamina” allow the use of golf carts????
Only if he’s allowed to drive it right on the green.
re: #164 teleskiguy
Call me crazy, but I’m not entirely confident the guy who shouts “MAGA!” at the end of a social media post demanding Presidents take a mental acuity test would actually pass such a test.
Also: no way in hell Dolt 45 wrote that. There’s next to no random capitalization or misspellings.
re: #172 Mattand
Call me crazy, but I’m not entirely confident the guy who shouts “MAGA!” at the end of social media post demanding Presidents take a mental acuity test would actually pass such a test.
Man. Woman. Person. Camera. TV.
/
re: #164 teleskiguy
Trump, who famously avoided taking stairs and used a golf cart? Trump, who repeatedly showed signs of mental illness and whose health condition was signed off by druggie or sycophant?
Trump, who is obese by any objective measure (not the Naughton mirror universe view)?
re: #168 Jay C
Do any of Trump’s proposed tests for “physical stamina” allow the use of golf carts????
only to descend ramps
Northeast Ohio can’t catch a break:
Video showing moment of Ohio metal factory explosion viewed 200K times https://t.co/eCXO2sOp5r
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 21, 2023
meanwhile in Florida:
Chopper footage showed the scene just in the 11300 block of Northwest South River Drive. https://t.co/ly68orsTeR
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) February 21, 2023
So, here is the story of @POTUS’s visit to #Kyiv and how #RailForceOne was born.
Grab some 🍿, @Amtrak.
Danger: long 🧵 ahead. pic.twitter.com/EFCE3PN7hx— Alexander Kamyshin (@AKamyshin) February 21, 2023
re: #177 jeffreyw
This is an example of the logistics involved and why the right-wing talking point “The President visited Ukraine before he visited Palestine, Ohio!” is bugfuck insane. Tell me they didn’t know and specifically plan for the fact that the President’s visit was going to disrupt the train schedule months in advance.
re: #164 teleskiguy
So basically not having to use a golf cart to go to a meeting place that all other world leaders walked to? Isn’t he running for pres again? Has he completed the test (with observers unaffiliated with his cronies)? Put up or shut up you fucking orange insurrectionist criminal.
And I quite liked Microsoft Editors suggestions:
The Russian State TV didn’t take Biden’s trip well:
Buzhinsky didn’t object to the idea of killing the American president, as long as his replacement was more in line with Russia’s interests. He wasn’t comfortable with the thought of Vice President Kamala Harris at the helm, claiming that, unlike Biden, Harris would be completely unrestrained in her response to Russia and would present an even worse option for the Kremlin. As opposed to Skabeeva’s suggestion of assassinating Biden, he regretted that the U.S. president wasn’t at least terrorized during his trip. Buzhinsky daydreamed that if Biden traveled to Ukraine by helicopter, he would have been escorted by Russian planes all the way to Kyiv, leaving him with an indelible impression.
Irritated, Skabeeva pointed out, “Following your logic, if we’re not starting this confrontation because the replacement will be even worse, then why did we even start this at all? What if everything will only get worse?”
The quote is from the Daily Beast, which you will find inside Betty Crackers article. Her summary is worth the read if you don’t want to go to the full article.
Aluminium Critter getting through the needle of the syringe: pic.twitter.com/J9ImgzW4Ux
— Ry 🎃 (@muppet855) February 20, 2023
re: #182 (((Archangel1)))
I really need to know what people are smoking when they come up with this shit…
re: #183 Eclectic Cyborg
I really need to know what people are smoking when they come up with this shit…
It’s untreated mental illness.
re: #184 Dr Lizardo
It’s untreated mental illness.
I used to be hesitant about calling certain things for what they really are, but yeah, more than one take from that side of the aisle does appear unwell to me.
re: #183 Eclectic Cyborg
I really need to know what people are smoking when they come up with this shit…
It just takes imagination. They’re just doing the second part, but it’ll be a 2-step process for you.
Imagine being too stupid to vaccinate during a deadly pandemic.
Now imagine trying to feel like you’re doing the right thing as you fail to vaccinate due to following the stupid lead of people like Tucker Carlson.
Making up more lies is the obvious solution to the problem of being stupid - if you’re stupid.
re: #185 Teukka
I used to be hesitant about calling certain things for what they really are, but yeah, more than one take from that side of the isle does appear unwell to me.
Mass psychosis
Donald Trump to accept Proud Boys subpoena for Jan. 6 trial: Report
Former President Donald Trump will reportedly accept a subpoena related to the Jan. 6 trial of members of the Proud Boys group.
Four group members, including leader Enrique Tarrio, said they would subpoena Trump as part of their defense. They are accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Say kids! Who can’t wait to see Trump get cross-examined…oh and as a bonus! Guess how many times that shithead will take the 5th!
Marge Greene details her secession plan for Republican states in a long thread, which she says will ensure Wal-Marts will no longer place sex toys in prominent locations. pic.twitter.com/zCykCUzKyl
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) February 21, 2023
re: #188 Joe Bacon
Does… does he realize that the defense is calling him? As in, “We want you to come in and explain to us why, exactly, these guys were ‘just following orders’ and should be let off the hook?” As in, that opens him up to liability because he’d be admitting in open court that January 6th was all his doing?
re: #187 The Pie Overlord!
Mass psychosis
That’s the perfect description. It’s one of those sporadic episodes of mass hysteria/mass psychosis.
re: #192 Dr Lizardo
That’s the perfect description. It’s one of those sporadic episodes of mass hysteria/mass psychosis.
It’s a self-confirming psychosis, in which the deluded all reinforce each other in one big giant circle jerk. Absolute refusal to admit any information from outside the psychosis ensures that no one will ever leave.
re: #191 Dave In Austin
I think she’s confusing dildos for firearms. /half
re: #191 Dave In Austin
Those are “personal massagers” - to quote a Ron White bit when he wanted to buy one at a Las Vegas expo as a gag wedding gift
re: #98 Dangerman
Not ripping it up.
Just throwing it in a drawer and ignoring it
There isn’t much that Russia can actually achieve to increase their nuclear capabilities outside New START. They don’t have the launch platforms to expand their nuclear warhead delivery capability by much if any at all. They might (re)deploy nuclear armed cruise missiles but, ahem, they’ve used up more than a few of those in the current conflict against Ukraine with the warheads replaced by dummy weights, and the production lines for such missiles were shut down a long time back. Ramping up the number of silo-based ICBMs would cost a lot of money and doing that wouldn’t even exceed existing New START limitations — analysts figure the Russian siloed ICBM fleet is ten percent of what it used to be, although the new missiles are a lot more capable than the older models they’re replacing.
About the only thing it puts a stop to is the inspection and verification process which is a pity but modern satellite imaging does a lot of what required boots-on-the-ground in the past. Worst case the US could fly Aliexpress spy balloons over Siberia…
re: #186 Crush White Nationalism
It just takes imagination. They’re just doing the second part, but it’ll be a 2-step process for you.
Imagine being too stupid to vaccinate during a deadly pandemic.
That is minor-league stupid.
We are talking about people who insist that the vaccine is deadlier than the pandemic itself and should be banned, who call for the people responsible for creating and administering the vaccine to be publicly hanged.
People who look at every athlete or public figure who has keeled over for any reason and blame it on the vaccine.
People who insist that horse paste or malaria medicine will cure them.
“he wanted to buy one at a Las Vegas expo as a gag wedding gift”
That’s what they all say……
re: #189 The Pie Overlord!
Marge Greene details her secession plan for Republican states in a long thread, which she says will ensure Wal-Marts will no longer place sex toys in prominent locations.
Wasn’t it the placement of sex toys in prominent positions along the walls of Fort Sumpter that prompted the Confederate batteries to open fire on it in the first place?
Oh say does that glitter-spangled dildo yet wave?
re: #197 TarHellion
I’ve seen images of “banana polishers” from some Chinese dodgy-goods websites, complete with bananas. Being polished. By the hand-held battery powered vibrating banana polishers. Just in case you ever want your banana polished.
re: #202 Nojay UK
I’ve seen images of “banana polishers” from some Chinese dodgy-goods websites, complete with bananas. Being polished. By the hand-held battery powered vibrating banana polishers. Just in case you ever want your banana polished.
Nothing worse than a dull banana
re: #177 jeffreyw
I like this one:
I also want to apologize for breaking our OTP (On Time Performance) yesterday. We had to delay some of our trains to give a way to #RailForceOne. It was painful for me and my team, but I had to do that. So only 90% of our trains arrived on time yesterday. I apologize. pic.twitter.com/cU66V7GQ82
— Alexander Kamyshin (@AKamyshin) February 21, 2023
re: #190 Dopamine Fish
Does… does he realize that the defense is calling him? As in, “We want you to come in and explain to us why, exactly, these guys were ‘just following orders’ and should be let off the hook?” As in, that opens him up to liability because he’d be admitting in open court that January 6th was all his doing?
“5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…”
re: #188 Joe Bacon
Donald Trump to accept Proud Boys subpoena for Jan. 6 trial: Report
Former President Donald Trump will reportedly accept a subpoena related to the Jan. 6 trial of members of the Proud Boys group.
Four group members, including leader Enrique Tarrio, said they would subpoena Trump as part of their defense. They are accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Say kids! Who can’t wait to see Trump get cross-examined…oh and as a bonus! Guess how many times that shithead will take the 5th!
re: #188 Joe Bacon
Donald Trump to accept Proud Boys subpoena for Jan. 6 trial: Report
Former President Donald Trump will reportedly accept a subpoena related to the Jan. 6 trial of members of the Proud Boys group.
I am surprised, and I can only surmise he has some cunning strategy planned for his appearance. One can only hope that he thought it out all on his own without or against the advice of his attorneys…
re: #205 Joe Bacon
“5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…”
I assume someone in Trump’s entourage will be smart enough to try to make sure none of that performance is filmed. Since Trump doing that as a defense witness for a bunch of insurrectionists is pretty much a complete slap at them of Trump not caring or having their backs one iota.
And I presume the judge’s instructions to the jury afterwards is to have them ignore all of it. Trump taking the 5th can’t be held as a trial indication that their defense is valid (IMO) since it also can’t be held as a trial indication that Trump is guilty of vocally pushing for the insurrection to take place.
Then again, it probably somehow will convince someone on the jury to acquit anyways.
re: #205 Joe Bacon
“5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…5th…”
He’s going to have his own special Amendment made. The January 6th Amendment.
Social Worker Ashlea Dodsworth tells Senate Fams & Children Comm the main reason she can’t place kids in Ky homes is their age (hers are 13-18y/o).
“Our foster parents are not taking our teenagers. They refuse. They want babies untouched by trauma & of course that’s not true.” https://t.co/4MD3ShVqS0— Alex Acquisto (@AcquistoA) February 21, 2023
Dodsworth said she’s currently working to place foster teens in homes in NM, TX & CA, bec. no one in Ky will take them.
“We’re in the middle of canoes w/holes in the bottom. Until we hire more workers & get foster parents willing to take our kids…we’re going to cont to drown.”— Alex Acquisto (@AcquistoA) February 21, 2023
sigh
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is why we need to ban abortion (producing more unwanted, unplanned children) and further cut government spending (because lowering taxes will solve all our problems, including caring homeless orphans)
President Biden just delivered a powerful speech. I’m old enough to remember when everyone was worried he was gaffe prone.
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
What?
Are there no orphanages run by churches? C’mon Phony Joni Ernst keeps saying the churches will take care of the truly needy! C’mon churches! Step up and do your duty!
re: #212 darthstar
President Biden just delivered a powerful speech. I’m old enough to remember when everyone was worried he was gaffe prone.
Many still insist that he is. And will continue to do so no matter what he says or does.
re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This is why we need to ban abortion (producing more unwanted, unplanned children) and further cut government spending (because lowering taxes will solve all our problems, including caring homeless orphans)
Republicans want America to be a mess. Well-adjusted people do not vote for Republicans. If you fuck up kids and create a Republican or a violent criminal, Republicans win.
re: #207 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am surprised, and I can only surmise he has some cunning strategy planned for his appearance. One can only hope that he thought it out all on his own without or against the advice of his attorneys…
I’ve got twenty bucks that says the defense has to treat him as a hostile witness.
SCOTUS doesn’t grant review in any new cases this morning. Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by Sonia Sotomayor, dissents from the court’s denial of review in Davis v. United States, a prisoner’s claim that his lawyer gave improper advice about a plea deal. https://t.co/sPFjl94QpX
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) February 21, 2023
re: #217 darthstar
I’ve got twenty bucks that says the defense has to treat him as a hostile witness.
I half-expect at this point is that he will “accept”. (And put out the message to the red meat troops that he is going to back them.) And then he’ll insist on a whole bunch of pre-condtions for the appearance; e.g. Not in the court, gets all the expected questions (including the cross-examination ones) in advance, etc. etc. And when those are rejected he refutes the acceptance with a claim that the court is biased.
BREAKING: EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up the Ohio train derailment site and pay all costs. If the company fails to complete the actions ordered, the agency will then seek to compel NSC to pay triple the cost. https://t.co/L3AzpU1jRV
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) February 21, 2023
re: #219 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
So his normal game plan. Full immunity and blanket pardon or he doesn’t show.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
And that is how you government. Good for the EPA. Watch DeWine take credit.
re: #224 darthstar
And that is how you government. Good for the EPA. Watch DeWine take credit.
Biden offered nicely. Now it’s time for the stick.
re: #224 darthstar
And that is how you government. Good for the EPA. Watch DeWine take credit.
And watch the NS try to drag this out in court as long as possible with the hope of getting a friendly administration to cut them a deal a few years down the line.
If anyone is interested in what is happening on Bourbon St. for Mardi Gras, here’s a live cam:
I got a fat borb for Mardi Gras.
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Biden big in Warsaw pic.twitter.com/JEgWNFOyzk
— Sebastian Smith (@SebastianAFP) February 21, 2023
re: #214 Joe Bacon
What?
Are there no orphanages run by churches? C’mon Phony Joni Ernst keeps saying the churches will take care of the truly needy! C’mon churches! Step up and do your duty!
The churches only want white babies given up at the moment of birth so they have a “blank slate” ready for grooming.
‘No more merciful beheadings…and call off Christmas!’
ALAN RICKMAN was born 77 years ago today.
He twice turned down the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham in ROBIN HOOD before he was told he could improvise to his heart’s content.
This was one of those moments.
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/o7Li1llKTp— James Leighton (@JamesL1927) February 21, 2023
re: #190 Dopamine Fish
Does… does he realize that the defense is calling him? As in, “We want you to come in and explain to us why, exactly, these guys were ‘just following orders’ and should be let off the hook?” As in, that opens him up to liability because he’d be admitting in open court that January 6th was all his doing?
If Trump actually appears in court, it will be interesting to hear him ramble on under cross examination. The prosecution eagerly waits.
re: #98 Dangerman
Not ripping it up.
Just throwing it in a drawer and ignoring it
Which they actually did last year.
re: #231 The Pie Overlord!
The churches only want white babies given up at the moment of birth so they have a “blank slate” ready for grooming.
The mother of a good friend of mine for years took in foster kids of all ages, particularly focusing on older kids.
She passed a few years back, but all of those kids were incredibly thankful for their “mawmaw” and still talk about her fondly today. Most are doing pretty well for themselves.
These children are NOT lost causes.
This is Link. He’s deaf and doesn’t realize he barks silently. Still expects you to listen. 13/10 pic.twitter.com/OFV3Yq5RLu
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) February 21, 2023
Peter Doocy characterizes Biden’s Warsaw speech as “not the solemn set of remarks that we were kind of told to expect based on the existential threats that [Biden] sees. It has almost a campaign rally feel, like if they were having a campaign rally for democracy.” pic.twitter.com/dM8coQjFCW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 21, 2023
i fixed Biden’s walk up music pic.twitter.com/dGoFSKCYr9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 21, 2023
re: #135 Dave In Austin
The last rain we had in France was 27 days ago. Some places are starting water use restrictions already, normally happen in the summer.
Biden and Democrats sound like the pro-freedom party, “Freedom, freedom there’s no sweeter word than freedom. There’s no higher aspiration than freedom.” pic.twitter.com/fRuBNCFHeW
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 21, 2023
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
“…like if they were having a campaign rally for democracy.”
Well, Douchey, maybe that’s because THEY ARE.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
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BREAKING: EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up the Ohio train derailment site and pay all costs. If the company fails to complete the actions ordered, the agency will then seek to compel NSC to pay triple the cost. https://t.co/L3AzpU1jRV
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) February 21, 2023
(EPA, aka “the Great Satan” among Reptilicans and Lepertarians.)
Er,
This is exactly the kind of high-handed federal bureaucratic regulatory overreach that the Republican Party and its Libertarian allies have long sought to abolish. //////
Biden, “Appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. They must be opposed. Autocrats only understand one word no, no, no. No, you will not take my country. No, you will not take my freedom. No, you will not take my future. ” pic.twitter.com/VkpcFoPMff
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 21, 2023
Joel Osteen made $54,000,000 in cash last year.
The SEC just charged the Mormon Church and its investment management company for failing to disclose $32 BILLION in assets hidden in shell corps.
Churches have become hugely profitable corporations. And should be taxed accordingly— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 21, 2023
re: #229 darthstar
Kadyrov, Prigozhin
Ramzan Kadyrov and Yevgeny Prigozhin.
“Cobra and mongoose in a cage.”
The irony of RWNJs complaining about Biden holding events that are “too rally like”.
Anyone who doesn’t think the future of democracy is on the line in Ukraine as much as it is here at home isn’t paying any attention to what’s actually going on. Putin doesn’t care about Nazis, or homosexuals; he cares about getting rid of neighbors who don’t kowtow to his wishes, or elect autocratic tyrants who turn their countries into Russian puppet states. What we do there is just as important as what we do here to defend the sanctity of our own democracy.
re: #238 John Hughes
The last rain we had in France was 27 days ago. Some places are starting water use restrictions already, normally happen in the summer.
Prophecy, 1958
“Mes frères, I have looked 65 years into the future. No need to cling so hard to Algeria. It’s coming here.”
WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks in Warsaw, Poland after making surprise trip to Ukraine https://t.co/5QakZzhk8F
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) February 21, 2023
Biden starts at about 20:40
It was only a matter of time before Canada genetically perfected their Canadian bacon.
— Uncle Mark (@mroller17u) February 21, 2023
re: #193 wrenchwench
Children’s toothbrushes.
Monoprix (a French supermarket chain) sells sex toys. Next to the toothbrushes.
Betty Bowers@BettyBowersJoel Osteen made $54,000,000 in cash last year.
The SEC just charged the Mormon Church and its investment management company for failing to disclose $32 BILLION in assets hidden in shell corps.
Churches have become hugely profitable corporations. And should be taxed accordingly
Grifting to overturn the Johnson amendment
re: #249 Captain Ron
Invasive Canadian Super Pigs is my new band name.
Jesus. These people are insufferable. https://t.co/n2WddXVJxs
— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) February 21, 2023
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Russia had agreed to a ceasefire.”
And exactly how often have they honored those agreements, you cosmic dumbass?
this guy came home to the best surprise ever. he was reunited with his dog, Gizmo, two years after he had gone missing.
(jukin media) pic.twitter.com/3mRrkEMUeB— theworldofdog (@theworldofdog) February 21, 2023
re: #191 Dave In Austin
Walmart sells Dildos?
In what section?
Produce
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dammit now I read #220
I can assure the Representative from Western Colorado that in the pantheon of things Poles are concerned about right now, this is not in the Top 100. pic.twitter.com/Eh0hKsj8ci
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) February 21, 2023
re: #243 Captain Ron
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And as Ms. Betty knows all that cash that Pulpit Pimps fleece from the flock is tax-exempt!
— RG Williams 🇺🇦🇺🇲🦈 (@Williams4TN) February 21, 2023
re: #174 lawhawk
Trump, who famously avoided taking stairs and used a golf cart? Trump, who repeatedly showed signs of mental illness and whose health condition was signed off by druggie or sycophant?
Trump, who is obese by any objective measure (not the Naughton mirror universe view)?
I would wager he’s in morbidly obese territory rather than just obese.
Probably not dishwasher safe.
Archaeologists have uncovered what could be a rare example of an ancient sex toy carved from wood, found in a Roman fort known for a plethora of phallic motifs.
The ruins of Vindolanda fort sit near Hadrian’s Wall in England on the borderlands of what was once the great Roman Empire.
re: #252 Eclectic Cyborg
Invasive Canadian Super Pigs is my new band name.
Will you play “American Bacon?”
Hate to link to the Bird Site, but the Project Veritas / O’Keefe situation is BLOWING UP.
The response from the Veritas board brings the receipts. O’Keefe, as arrogant right-wingers tend to do, came to regard all the donor money as “his” (kinda like Trump), and that could be looted and put into his own luxurious living.
The CFO doing the books must’ve questioned all the $$ going to chartered jets, dance parties, DJ equipment, limo rides, etc.
Sooo … James O’Keefe was corruptly looting donor money for
-$14,000 on a charter flight to meet someone to fix his boat under the guise of meeting with a donor
-$60,000 in losses by putting together dance events such as Project Veritas Experience
1/https://t.co/on51Y4ROML— Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MutatedReality) February 21, 2023
Whereupon O’Keefe fired the accountant who was tracking all the money he was stealing.
4/ reading between the lines, what appears to have happened was that the CFO caught wind of O’Keefe looting donor money for high-on-the-hog living
CFO fired. Who then blows whistle to donors.
Board freaks, as they are also criminally liable if they ignore— Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MutatedReality) February 21, 2023
re: #265 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
Hate to link to the Bird Site, but the Project Veritas / O’Keefe situation is BLOWING UP.
The response from the Veritas board brings the receipts. O’Keefe, as arrogant right-wingers tend to do, came to regard all the donor money as “his” (kinda like Trump), and that could be looted and put into his own luxurious living.
The CFO doing the books must’ve questioned all the $$ going to chartered jets, dance parties, DJ equipment, limo rides, etc.
That’s not good, Bob. I’m not a lawyer, but I’m pretty sure there’s some federal crimes in there somewhere.
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
Dammit, who’s cutting onions?
Although I’d rather see you in the Senate, I congratulate you on your new position, you are going to do great!
— Tarkloon (@Tarkloon) February 21, 2023
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Actually I figured that the “air raid sirens” were a stunt otherwise the Secret Service would have gotten their boss the hell out of Dodge when they started to sound. The news reported that Kherson got missiled yeaterday in retaliation.
We’ll probably never know just how much US air power was flying cabrank ovals on the Polish side of the border while President Biden was in Kyiv, but it would be fun to find out. A complete air-dominance strike package for sure, a bunch of OV-22s for extraction, stealth Blackhawks, maybe even an Aurora.
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