Some More News With a Wild Suggestion: Maybe Credit Scores Shouldn't Be a Thing?

Some More News With a Wild Suggestion: Maybe Credit Scores Shouldn’t Be a Thing?

CultureMay 2023 • Views: 17,764

Hi. In today’s episode, we look at how credit scoring bureaus were originally created to track debt (among other things) in America, how they’ve evolved into a bad-faith tactic for the rich to exert control over poor people, and how we need to revamp the entire system so we’re not using an arbitrary number to evaluate a person’s worth. A human being’s worth not being tied to money? Imagine that!

Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by Erik Barnes
Edited by John Conway
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker
Post-Production Supervisor - John Conway
Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
Graphics by Clint DeNisco
Head Writer - David Christopher Bell

Chapters:
•00:00 - Intro
•03:27 - Offish Definish: What is a Credit Score?
•07:22 - Debt is History… but Also Still Present Somehow
•14:54 - What’s the Deal With Your Specific Credit Score?
•18:06 - Of Course We Can Credit Racism as to Why These Scores Shouldn’t Exist
•21:42 - Enter the Spiral of Poverty
•25:52 - Boomer Time: Get a Job! How Could THAT be Affected by Credit Scores?
•31:26 - How Do You Fix That F*@ked ‘Fax Score?
•38:11 - What Do Credit Scores Actually Reflect?

Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18g_gX_mBTokOWkwdtN_MhG10YPxZHZ0dbDlHDALyhYw/

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212 comments

GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2023 • 10:47:54am

I shared this downstairs. Enjoy. :)

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Dr. Matt May 3, 2023 • 10:49:27am

But of course…..

Trump caught using photos from his own time as president to argue life is worse under Biden https://t.co/Z8nAQt3lLv

— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 3, 2023

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 3, 2023 • 10:54:18am

Communist insurrectionists led by Charlie Kirk continue their campaign to nationalize Fox News and put a committee of MAGAt workers and peasants in charge of its personnel and content.

Tucker did nothing wrong.

Stand with Tucker.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 3, 2023

William Lewis May 3, 2023 • 11:03:07am

LOOK! A flock of wild plastic flamingos!

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 11:04:23am

Mom and 3 kids killed in Florida mass shooting. The victims were ages 40, 21, 17 and 11.https://t.co/wETwIWGY7K
via ABC News App

— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) May 3, 2023

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:05:32am

re: #3 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Communist insurrectionists led by Charlie Kirk continue their campaign to nationalize Fox News and put a committee of MAGAt workers and peasants in charge of its personnel and content.

A soviet, if you will.

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:06:08am

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

Stay safe, Atlanta. https://t.co/pOZ8ui6MBc

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 3, 2023

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 11:06:12am

May is #AAPIMonth, and 1 way we’re celebrating is by awaiting season 2 of “Where Y’all Really From?,” a podcast by & about Asian American & Pacific Islander Kentuckians.

Season 2 of WYRF drops next week! Get up to speed on season 1 by listening here >> https://t.co/YSoTDTO5VP

— ACLU of Kentucky (@ACLUofKY) May 3, 2023

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:10:01am

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

My daughter got asked that at work last week (we adopted her from China when she was 11 months old).

Crush White Nationalism May 3, 2023 • 11:10:47am

Special Counsel Jack Smith was personally in attendance for ex-Vice President Mike Pence’s testimony about former President Donald Trump last week, according to three CNN sources.
Last Thursday, Pence testified for more than five hours before the Smith-led Justice Department probe into Trump’s conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the 2020 election.

The reporting team of Kristen Holmes, Jamie Gangel, and Katelyn Polantz broke the news Wednesday that Smith personally showed up to hear Pence testify, possibly the first time he’s done so during this investigation:

Smith and Pence interacted while Pence was at the courthouse, and one source described the interaction as respectful.

Smith’s appearance is the first known time the special counsel has attended a grand jury proceeding in the investigation. Smith is leading the criminal probe with a team of prosecutors into the aftermath of the 2020 election and efforts to overturn the results.

mediaite.com

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:12:09am

Trump will not put on a defense.

Tacopina confirms: No defense case.

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 3, 2023

Nerdy Fish May 3, 2023 • 11:12:46am

re: #11 No Malarkey!

Trump will not put on a defense.

I’m neither a lawyer nor any kind of legal expert (aside from the armchair kind), but that seems really bad.

Teukka May 3, 2023 • 11:15:22am

Your daily dose of Medvedev dick swinging:
Dmitry Medvedev: Russia has no choice but to annihilate Zelensky (Pravda (SIC(!))

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 11:15:59am

Hospitals, such as Durango’s Mercy Hospital, are refusing to do tubal ligation and other permanent birth control. Further, other hospitals are refusing gender affirming care. They will now have to disclose their radical refusal of practical services. https://t.co/HPiSprOIrA

— Claudia Hall Christian (@ClaudiaC) May 3, 2023

Thanos May 3, 2023 • 11:18:01am

I’m thinking they were trying to take out the flag & that they failed with the drone attack on the Kremlin after watching the video.

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) May 3, 2023 • 11:22:01am

re: #15 Thanos

I’m thinking they were trying to take out the flag & that they failed with the drone attack on the Kremlin after watching the video.

Also have to consider that it’s a false flag to cover for the Russians directly trying to assassinate Zelensky claiming Ukraine tried to take out Putin first. (Though pretty much everyone probably thinks that the Russians would try to do it in any case with or without being given a provocation.)

BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 11:23:39am

Mastodon

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:24:08am

re: #12 Nerdy Fish

I’m neither a lawyer nor any kind of legal expert (aside from the armchair kind), but that seems really bad.

Trump’s only fact witness would be himself, and Tacopina would be crazy to let Trump testify.

lawhawk May 3, 2023 • 11:25:19am

re: #12 Nerdy Fish

I’m neither a lawyer nor any kind of legal expert (aside from the armchair kind), but that seems really bad.

1) There’s no reason to put on a defense if you think that the plaintiff/prosecution didn’t make their case. You might not want to open door to cross examination of your own clients/witnesses or the evidence you produce in defense gets questioned. All you need is a decent enough closing argument to obfuscate and baffle with bulkshit to claim that the plaintiff didn’t make their case.

2) It may mean that they are going to take the loss, but still argue on appeal that this was a bogus case and the facts/evidence insufficient (procedural claims).

3) Trump and ketchup sales to MAL are going to go through the roof.

BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 11:29:35am

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:30:10am

re: #19 lawhawk

1) There’s no reason to put on a defense if you think that the plaintiff/prosecution didn’t make their case. You might not want to open door to cross examination of your own clients/witnesses or the evidence you produce in defense gets questioned. All you need is a decent enough closing argument to obfuscate and baffle with bulkshit to claim that the plaintiff didn’t make their case.

2) It may mean that they are going to take the loss, but still argue on appeal that this was a bogus case and the facts/evidence insufficient (procedural claims).

3) Trump and ketchup sales to MAL are going to go through the roof.

Really Trump’s only play was to hope that cross examination would undermine Carroll’s credibility as a witness, and from what I’ve read the cross didn’t go well. We’ll see what the jury thinks; they’ll get to hear the Access Hollywood tape of Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women.

lawhawk May 3, 2023 • 11:30:47am

Federal Reserve hikes interest rates to 16 year high. They’re still trying to slow the economy to the point of recession, while ignoring that a key reason that inflation is still high is greed by energy companies who continue to keep prices artificially high despite oil prices falling (self-fulfilling). They profit from the spread, and not letting gas prices fall in tandem with oil prices. The price of gasoline is tracking oil, but by a far greater spread than it was just a few years ago (record profits by energy companies shows just how much they’re making).

Dr. Matt May 3, 2023 • 11:32:13am

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

Nerdy Fish May 3, 2023 • 11:34:31am

re: #19 lawhawk

1) There’s no reason to put on a defense if you think that the plaintiff/prosecution didn’t make their case. You might not want to open door to cross examination of your own clients/witnesses or the evidence you produce in defense gets questioned. All you need is a decent enough closing argument to obfuscate and baffle with bulkshit to claim that the plaintiff didn’t make their case.

Yeah, I suppose I didn’t consider that possibility, but from what I know about the way the case has been going, I sincerely doubt Taco Pizza is in such a position of supreme confidence that the plaintiff’s attorneys didn’t make their case. It sounds like their so-called “expert” got cold feet (maybe the check didn’t clear?) and now they’re up the proverbial creek without a paddle.

BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 11:35:16am

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:36:29am

re: #22 lawhawk

Related:

Federal Reserve hikes interest rates to 16 year high. They’re still trying to slow the economy to the point of recession, while ignoring that a key reason that inflation is still high is greed by energy companies who continue to keep prices artificially high despite oil prices falling (self-fulfilling). They profit from the spread, and not letting gas prices fall in tandem with oil prices. The price of gasoline is tracking oil, but by a far greater spread than it was just a few years ago (record profits by energy companies shows just how much they’re making).

ADP reported robust private sector job growth in April, and the Fed raised rates only a quarter point, and hinted there would be a pause in further increases. Fingers crossed, we may get a soft landing if the federal government doesn’t default on the national debt (mint the coin if you have to, Mr. President!).

Captain Ron May 3, 2023 • 11:37:14am

A mother and her three children have been gunned down in a Florida apartment in a “senseless” mass shooting, according to authorities. https://t.co/LmUn8xwDDR

— ABC News (@ABC) May 3, 2023

Eclectic Cyborg May 3, 2023 • 11:38:25am

re: #27 Captain Ron

Tots and prayers incoming from the usual suspects, I’m sure.

A Cranky One May 3, 2023 • 11:39:44am

Okay, which of you lizards has been walking on my keyboard?

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:39:47am

re: #24 Nerdy Fish

Yeah, I suppose I didn’t consider that possibility, but from what I know about the way the case has been going, I sincerely doubt Taco Pizza is in such a position of supreme confidence that the plaintiff’s attorneys didn’t make their case. It sounds like their so-called “expert” got cold feet (maybe the check didn’t clear?) and now they’re up the proverbial creek without a paddle.

I can’t imagine what an “expert witness” would testify to in this case. There is no scientific evidence.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 11:41:51am

Holy crap. The verified feed used to be where I could see actual public figures who were who they claimed to be.

Now it’s all anonymous unverified trolls who don’t know how apostrophes work.

This site is like a mob restaurant being burned down for insurance money.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) May 3, 2023

Nerdy Fish May 3, 2023 • 11:42:24am

re: #30 No Malarkey!

I can’t imagine what an “expert witness” would testify to in this case. There is no scientific evidence.

Probably something about the psychiatry of rape victims, presumably to play off the whole “why didn’t you scream” angle Taco Pizza was interrogating Carroll about.

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 11:43:12am

re: #30 No Malarkey!

I can’t imagine what an “expert witness” would testify to in this case. There is no scientific evidence.

What “expert” could they call?

Ted Nugent?

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:44:10am

re: #32 Nerdy Fish

Probably something about the psychiatry of rape victims, presumably to play off the whole “why didn’t you scream” angle Taco Pizza was interrogating Carroll about.

I wouldn’t let that in if I was judging the case. It’s the jury’s job to assess witness credibility.

BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 11:44:10am

Birnam Woodstock 1984:

William Lewis May 3, 2023 • 11:44:37am

William Lewis May 3, 2023 • 11:44:50am

William Lewis May 3, 2023 • 11:45:00am

dat_said May 3, 2023 • 11:48:41am

The grammar key I wish I had in early high school:

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 11:50:07am

78% of sitting Republican Senators who served during Trump’s presidency voted to raise debt ceiling during his term.

Sen. Barasso, the man to the left of Johnson, voted to raise it three times. https://t.co/a4jm70di3Y

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) May 3, 2023

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 11:52:25am

Nobody watches you harder than people who don’t like you, generally for something you haven’t done. They watch you because of what they did.

— Stopworkplacebullies (@Stopworkplacebu) May 3, 2023

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 11:55:10am

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No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 11:56:52am

re: #42 Charles Johnson

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Projecting again, since conservatives use “socialist” “marxist” or “communist” to describe everyone to the left of Ayn Rand.

Crush White Nationalism May 3, 2023 • 11:58:30am

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Maybe Nazis are only slightly to his right.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 12:00:38pm

pic.twitter.com/WdutvCdyNg

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) May 3, 2023

Captain Magic May 3, 2023 • 12:01:21pm

Current mood…..

The Last of the Curlews | Cartoon Clipshow - 116 🐦

Dave In Austin May 3, 2023 • 12:02:49pm

Anti-Abortion protestors get mad when I say the quiet part out loud. pic.twitter.com/NDXUR3F1cq

— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) May 3, 2023

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 12:03:25pm

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The Ghost of a Flea May 3, 2023 • 12:04:40pm

one maybe obvious revelation i had, being immersed in all this anti-trans stuff for weeks: it functions as a self-admissible route into openly supporting conservatism for women who identify as liberal but are actually just ashamed right-wingers. & some men too ofc

— Shaun (@shaun_vids) May 3, 2023

EPR-radar May 3, 2023 • 12:05:28pm

re: #45 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That didn’t take long at all. As ever, birtherism is stone, cold racist.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 12:06:28pm

Mastodon

wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 12:09:33pm

Sociology and satire are very close.

If Elected President, I Promise to Slaughter Mickey Mouse

[…]
Florida is where woke goes to die. And I, Ron DeSantis, am running for president so I can kill joy nationally. As the next president of the United States, I promise to slaughter Mickey Mouse […]

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 12:10:04pm

re: #45 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Let me guess! Little Miss MAGA has a deep personal relationship with Jay-Zuss…

Patricia Kayden May 3, 2023 • 12:10:38pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

Republicans: Is the gun okay?

Dave In Austin May 3, 2023 • 12:11:06pm

They Mad! A thread.

A Florida woman, unable to get an abortion in her state, carried to term a baby who had no kidneys. Her son died in her arms shortly after he was born, just as her doctors had predicted he would. https://t.co/f9kwtQ4dBH

— CNN (@CNN) May 3, 2023

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 12:11:42pm

Beshear building his warchest while the Republicans spend millions attacking each other.

It’s the final KREF report deadline day of the #kygov primary season!

Beshear campaign just announced raising $340,000 over the past 2 weeks, just shy of $7 million now for the entire campaign.

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) May 3, 2023

Pro-Cameron PAC has outspent the Joe Craft-funded pro-Kelly Craft Commonwealth PAC. Bluegrass Freedom Action has spent nearly $2M, while Commonwealth PAC spent $1.8M. Commonwealth didn’t report any donations in past 2 weeks, but that could change w/ 1 Craft check. #kygov

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) May 3, 2023

Patricia Kayden May 3, 2023 • 12:12:39pm

re: #47 Dave In Austin

He’s so brave. 😂 😂

Nerdy Fish May 3, 2023 • 12:12:51pm

re: #54 Patricia Kayden

Republicans: Is the gun okay?

Of course it’s not okay, it just got fired.

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 12:14:54pm

Surprised he took his bedsheets and hood off when he said this…

Christian hate-preacher Aaron Thompson says Detroit is full of bad preachers who created “all Black” churches that are centered around “human rights and all this stuff” instead of “preaching the Gospel.”

“Idiots took over these churches and drove ‘em into the ground.” pic.twitter.com/GQuo4ArAwp

— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) May 2, 2023

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 12:17:25pm

re: #59 Joe Bacon

Surprised he took his bedsheets and hood off when he said this…

You mean the gospel that says to feed the hungry, care for the sick and welcome the stranger? And condemned those who wouldn’t?

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 12:19:36pm

It’s been a while but this very special clip brings me to resurrect STUPID TREK!

Public comment from Monday night’s Cleveland City Council meeting.

I promise you cannot guess why this soldier of fortune got banned from the galleria eight years ago. pic.twitter.com/PzIwsqz5wz

— The Rooster (@rooster_ohio) May 2, 2023

Eclectic Cyborg May 3, 2023 • 12:20:58pm

re: #55 Dave In Austin

They Mad! A thread.

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Well at least the baby lived a short time in it’s mother’s arms.
Better than none at all.

— Carmichael (@CarmichaelTm) May 3, 2023

Ugh. That nearly made me take a hammer to my monitor.

retired cynic May 3, 2023 • 12:22:36pm

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

They can’t even say a simple sentence without lying, when everybody KNOWS they are lying!

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 12:25:13pm

And the latest nail in Fucker C’s KKKoffin

We’ve got a new FoxLeak.

In this behind-the-scenes video, Tucker Carlson talks about how he was “triggered” by Dominion’s lawyer, who he calls a “slimy motherfucker,” during his deposition. https://t.co/B8hZtOkfBX pic.twitter.com/tPIzgGzFAw

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 3, 2023

ericblair May 3, 2023 • 12:27:14pm

https://t.co/JXbpzagCsn pic.twitter.com/jePrETwqCM

— Mr. Bedtime (@InternetHippo) May 3, 2023

Eventual Carrion May 3, 2023 • 12:27:38pm

re: #61 Joe Bacon

It’s been a while but this very special clip brings me to resurrect STUPID TREK!

He must be banned from all the good barbers also.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 12:29:22pm

Tucker: “That’s not how white men fight.”
Every Black Person: pic.twitter.com/n2MEtER91S

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) May 3, 2023

The Ghost of a Flea May 3, 2023 • 12:33:21pm

re: #59 Joe Bacon

Surprised he took his bedsheets and hood off when he said this…

Evidently this is acceptable in a (mostly white) house of worship, for a “Men’s Conference” at James River Church, a church in Springfield, MO. Tell me how this is “preaching the Gospel”? pic.twitter.com/O0QW3zJ0XF

— (((Liz Ditz))). Mask up, y’all. (@lizditz) May 2, 2023

Somewhere at the bottom of this, “religion” can be anything because an abstraction can be evacuated of its putative, also-immaterial concepts and filled with…anything, depending on the shamelessness of the interpreter and the appetite of the audience.

Whenever someone declares a secular thing “religion” because it’s gone sideways—Soviet Communism, capitalism—what’s actually happening is a brief feather touch with the eldritch horror that what happens in our minds has no independent reality; words have no inherent meaning individually, in sequence, or packed into ancient revered texts.

It is easier to conceptualize of a fucked, venal, selfish thing as symptomatic of a parasite, a Big Idea that spreads like an infection, when in fact it’s just the gaping void of unmeaning that is ever-present.

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 12:34:57pm

re: #68 The Ghost of a Flea

Don’t forget who the “Special Guest Xtian” at the “Men’s KKKonference” was!

This is a video of Missouri’s James River Church’s “religious men’s conference,” The church is Tax Exempt & has special guest speakers every year, a special “manly” guest this year was Josh Hawley. pic.twitter.com/aBNi4sFLUe pic.twitter.com/L79Yz6mQHo

— ChudsOfTikTok (@ChudsOfTikTok) May 2, 2023

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 12:36:37pm

NEW: In a series of emails today, Elon threatened to reassign @NPR to “another company” unless the network started tweeting again

(link actually works this time)https://t.co/ffFIjYhxwX

— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) May 3, 2023

UPDATE TO STORY: pic.twitter.com/eEYnKvbGUv

— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) May 3, 2023

Captain Ron May 3, 2023 • 12:37:28pm

The universe lacks sufficient popcorn supplies. https://t.co/tfh1RqwEwB

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 2, 2023

The Ghost of a Flea May 3, 2023 • 12:41:03pm

re: #69 Joe Bacon

“Masculinity” is almost the ur-example of the fucked, venal thing that has no definition beyond the definition needed at the moment.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 12:44:11pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Mastodon

retired cynic May 3, 2023 • 12:45:46pm

re: #72 The Ghost of a Flea

I hope this has not been posted before, but I did find it chilling, as Ellie Mystal says, and absolutely spot on.

A call to action. Joy Reid explains what the Republican Party is up to, and it’s chilling. Urging you to watch this, it’s the best seven minutes you’ll spend today. pic.twitter.com/nd0082DMYp

— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) May 2, 2023

nines09 May 3, 2023 • 12:48:00pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

That is how low Elon is. “If you don’t Tweet, I take your ID. I’ll give it to a Nazi.”

It. Is. Gone. Burn. It. To. The. Ground.

retired cynic May 3, 2023 • 12:50:30pm

For something nicer:

Dozens of Photographers Gather For ‘100 For the Ocean’ to Support Marine Research and Advocacy

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No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 12:58:34pm

re: #71 Captain Ron

I am surprised that Klayman hasn’t been disbarred yet.

Belafon May 3, 2023 • 1:01:41pm

Credit scores are a violation of the three major religions.

DodgerFan1988 May 3, 2023 • 1:05:01pm

You’re just another “it’s not Putin’s fault he invaded another sovereign country” blame America, blame Ukraine, Putin apologist. https://t.co/AfxgsWmC5A

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 3, 2023

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 1:10:54pm

Color me shocked.

Trump family fails to hand over documents in $250 million New York fraud case

alternet.org

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office was forced to request the state Supreme Court judge overseeing her $250 million fraud case against Donald Trump help resolve the failure of the ex-president, his three eldest adult children, and the Trump Organization to hand over documents required for discovery.

James’ Office (OAG) notably “singled out ‘an unexplained drop-off in emails for Ivanka Trump’ as one of the more significant issues,” reports Forbes.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 1:12:06pm

re: #78 Belafon

Credit scores are a violation of the three major religions.

The Church of the Sub-Genius, Scientology, and FSM.

Eventual Carrion May 3, 2023 • 1:13:42pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

Didn’t the whole “Blue Checkmark” thing start from a court suit about impersonation of people/companies on Twitter?

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 1:15:45pm

re: #82 Eventual Carrion

Didn’t the whole “Blue Checkmark” thing start from a court suit about impersonation of people/companies on Twitter?

Yes, they were sued by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa over impersonation accounts.

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 1:18:33pm

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wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 1:20:13pm

On the subject at the top:

I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek on TV lately, so I’m seeing ads. The most numerous type is for pharmaceuticals. Second or third are ads for credit cards that are aimed at young people. They show people talking about their happy experience with this card they use to build their credit score, they buy cars, make friends, get married, buy a house, and have a baby. Always in the correct order.

I do not see a way for financial education to make it into public schools. Leaches are attaching themselves before the lesson on what a leach is.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:21:49pm

thread

Meta found a Chinese troll network hiring anti-Soros protesters, setting up a fake company in London, and shitposting anti-immigrant takes in an apparent (lame) attempt to stir up division in the west. So naturally I applied. They’re hiring, folks. https://t.co/ph3BrBdhSO pic.twitter.com/Qz9IFk1oBN

— Adam Rawnsley (@arawnsley) May 3, 2023

gocart mozart May 3, 2023 • 1:24:16pm

Appropriate placement as she mainly talks out of her ass.

— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) May 3, 2023

Eventual Carrion May 3, 2023 • 1:24:23pm

re: #83 Charles Johnson

Yes, they were sued by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa over impersonation accounts.

Might be time for another court trial.

Thanos May 3, 2023 • 1:25:46pm

I don’t know what I did wrong, or what sewer I visited to achieve this dubious honor, but now I am getting a steady stream of “How to fight dirty like Navy seals” and how to make ghost guns advertisements.

Meanwhile, I got the clematis planted, got diverted from fixing the mower battery by some tree trimming, and I am wiped out. There’s still a large pile of branches to bagify for composting before the trucks get here tomorrow.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:28:50pm

STANDBY:

Verdict is expected shortly in Capitol breach case of Stewart Parks of Tennessee. Parks was accused of being amid mob inside Capitol for 30 minutes and of taking a police handheld metal detecting wand.

Parks unsuccessfully sought US House nomination after Jan 6 pic.twitter.com/iiEWddD597

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 3, 2023

jumping to the FAFO:

Judge Mehta also finds Parks *guilty* of disorderly conduct

(More)

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 3, 2023

On the theft count (theft of Capitol police handheld magnetometer wand)… judge says he doesn’t believe Parks’s claim that “it was a joke”

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 3, 2023

Judge is now sternly criticizing Parks’s testimony at trial. Judge: “Charitably .. it was not credible”.

“I don’t know your motivation. But it was not even close. Not close”

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 3, 2023

GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2023 • 1:30:06pm

re: #80 Joe Bacon

They’ll suffer minimal if any consequences for this kind of thing. That’s why they keep doing it.

Crush White Nationalism May 3, 2023 • 1:32:43pm

And just to be clear, this brand new original animated movie is already finished and in the can. So it’s 100% real, happening, and coming out very soon.

— J. Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) May 3, 2023

aatharuv May 3, 2023 • 1:34:17pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

I wonder why the guilty person waved his right to a jury trial?

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:35:38pm

Mastodon

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:35:59pm

re: #93 aatharuv

I wonder why the guilty person waved his right to a jury trial?

believed his own bullshit too much

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:38:41pm

Republicans have no evidence of anything illegal.

Reporters don’t care. https://t.co/RuZV5fL4Fd

— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) May 3, 2023

TarHellion May 3, 2023 • 1:39:58pm

re: #85 wrenchwench

All I see are ads for Medicare Advantage plans. And if you served at Camp Lejeune and were harmed by bad water.

EPR-radar May 3, 2023 • 1:39:59pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hell will freeze over before US political reporters treat Republican statements with the appropriate level of skepticism (i.e., assume they are lies until confirmed by a non-Republican source).

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:41:54pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

We have been hearing about these huge blockbuster reveals, secret whistleblowers, and “evidence” for 3 years now. If you got the goods, let’s see them. Just show us the proof and quit squawking. Put up or shut up. pic.twitter.com/yuDf7pSvsU

— Ron Filipkowski🇺🇸 (@RonFilipkowski) May 3, 2023

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TarHellion May 3, 2023 • 1:43:28pm

re: #87 gocart mozart

“Announcing my OnlyFans account.”

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wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 1:44:04pm

re: #97 TarHellion

All I see are ads for Medicare Advantage plans. And if you served at Camp Lejeune and were harmed by bad water.

They got our locations, somehow…. I’m in a town in which half the population is college students. You’re a lot closer to Camp Lejeune. I get the Medicare Advantage ads in the mail.

102

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:44:29pm

Senator Warnock, whose kids are on lockdown with an active shooter at large in Atlanta, tells his colleagues gun reform must happen now because, “in the words of Dr King, ‘The time is always right to do what is right,’ and that time is now.”

He’s right

I hope his kids are safe pic.twitter.com/2equgVrLhI

— Qondi: A Thirst For Democracy Account 🥵 🗳️ (@QondiNtini) May 3, 2023

Warnock: “It is not right for us to live in a nation where nobody is safe no matter where they are. We’re not safe in our schools. We’re not safe in our workplaces. We’re not safe in the grocery store… there’s no sanctuary in the sanctuary… it’s only a matter of time” pic.twitter.com/eOWfnRaH4H

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2023

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2023 • 1:47:34pm

re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth

They’re following through on what Trump started with his extortion attempt of Zelensky: ‘I don’t need you to actually do an investigation, I just need you to say you’re investigating.’

104

Thanos May 3, 2023 • 1:50:29pm

Genevieve Artadi - ‘Visionary’ (Official Video)

105

Eclectic Cyborg May 3, 2023 • 1:51:01pm

re: #99 Backwoods_Sleuth

Their accusations are always so vague as to be impossible to corroborate.

Which I’m sure is the intent.

106

wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 1:55:40pm

Mastodon

107

Thanos May 3, 2023 • 1:57:11pm

Towa Bird - Wild Heart [Official Music Video]

108

A Cranky One May 3, 2023 • 1:58:28pm

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 1:59:34pm

FILED: With our partners @NCLRights, law firm Morgan Lewis, & the 7 brave families bringing this complaint, we’re suing to block Kentucky’s unconstitutional ban on essential medical care for trans youth in Senate Bill 150. Read more & full complaint: https://t.co/RsLhzfR6Aj

— ACLU of Kentucky (@ACLUofKY) May 3, 2023

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Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 2:02:31pm

Meanwhile in Oregon

‘It wasn’t happenstantial’: Oregon GOP lawmakers skip work to avoid abortion law votes

alternet.org

Oregon Republican lawmakers skipped work Wednesday to prevent state Democrats from pushing forward legislation on abortion, gun control and gender-affirming health care, KXAN reports.

Per KXAN, the GOPers said in a press release “they were protesting over bills not being written in plain language, claiming violations of procedural rules, state law and the state constitution.”

Anything to ensure minority rule…

111

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 3, 2023 • 2:06:28pm

re: #87 gocart mozart

[Embedded content]

Changing price tag:

She’s just fixing my mic. https://t.co/oFhReM2xrH

— Eric Idle (@EricIdle) May 3, 2023

112

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 2:07:38pm

Just try it, Bimborella. We dare you to try it.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Very likely’ impeachment articles coming over alleged Biden crimes

alternet.org

113

William Lewis May 3, 2023 • 2:13:21pm

Holy Guacamole Batman, this is an insanely great demo of what would be the recording band’s best songs…

Carole King - Pleasant Valley Sunday (1966 Demo).mpg

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 3, 2023 • 2:14:05pm

This is America now.

A 6 year old knocks on a door looking for her lost kitten and meteorologist Chris Robbins’ fragile masculinity causes him to think of his loaded gun. pic.twitter.com/nuNeHdMCbt

— AskAubry 🦝 (@ask_aubry) May 2, 2023

The Girl Scouts are ready! pic.twitter.com/9WwM5rIxdB

— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) May 3, 2023

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 2:15:37pm

Went on CNN to explain why writers are striking, ended up roasting their bosses’ salary. pic.twitter.com/Si4HHDVuM8

— Adam Conover (@adamconover) May 2, 2023

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 2:24:22pm

I had a great talk with filmmaker Greg Mitchell @GregMitch about his must-watch documentary “Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried.” True story of the police murder of 10 striking steel workers in 1937. Doc premieres online and on PBS May 6!https://t.co/KGGzdolFHS

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 3, 2023

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 2:26:04pm

Mastodon

118

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 3, 2023 • 2:26:47pm

On the theft count (theft of Capitol police handheld magnetometer wand)… judge says he doesn’t believe Parks’s claim that “it was a joke”

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 3, 2023

“Well, your honor, I saw this bowling pin shaped dude at the counter in McDonald’s and he was wearing cargo shorts and knee socks and wearing or carrying 11 guns, a five pound can of bear mace, and 3 fighting knives. Since he looked so ridiculous, I knocked him in the head and took all his guns. Oh, and one of the knives. But IT WAS JUST A JOKE!”

119

TedStriker May 3, 2023 • 2:29:26pm

re: #113 William Lewis

Holy Guacamole Batman, this is an insanely great demo of what would be the recording band’s best songs…

[Embedded content]

On another point, I always have liked King’s “original” version of You’ve Got a Friend slightly more than JT’s (even though King and Taylor’s recording sessions for their respective albums overlapped, with many of the same backing musicians); Taylor’s version was what I grew up on, but King’s version seems have a bit more something:

Carole King - You’ve Got a Friend (Audio)

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 2:30:33pm

Mastodon

121

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 2:38:30pm

re: #53 Joe Bacon

Let me guess! Little Miss MAGA has a deep personal relationship with Jay-Zuss…

Yup. Her bio:

Political Junkie here for the Party,laughs/sarcastic🥳Faith❤️1A, 2A,America 1st🇺🇸Vax Virgin🩸Pronouns told/you/so! LIBS will be blocked! 🚫dm’s uiky/#fjb

122

justaminute May 3, 2023 • 2:43:31pm

Oklahoma press finally came out and had an announcement about the murder of 7 a couple of days ago. It was 6 teenage girls he murdered plus the assailants suicide. Not one statement by the police though. Just an announcement by the press. No details from the police.

123

Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 2:49:58pm

Mastodon

124

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 2:52:32pm

FOX NEWS: If these allegations against the Bidens turn out not to be credible, will Republicans acknowledge that?

RON JOHNSON: That’ll be up to them. pic.twitter.com/cjAgBtDnAi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2023

O_o

125

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 2:54:32pm

Trump still not tired of losing.

NEW: A judge has thrown out Donald’s lawsuit against the New York Times, and has ordered Donald to pay all legal costs and attorneys’ fees. https://t.co/JLLJI6JYV7

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) May 3, 2023

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Grunthos the Flatulent May 3, 2023 • 2:55:45pm

Tomorrow’s Wordle is curlier than usual. But fair.

Click to Reveal

Don’t think there will be many birbies fluttering about this time.

Wordle 684 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SibData: 4,4,5,5,5

127

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 2:56:28pm

Incoming stupid.

pic.twitter.com/5Wy4pv3vmH

— Bad Medical Takes (@BadMedicalTakes) May 3, 2023

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Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 2:57:43pm

re: #127 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Incoming stupid.

[Embedded content]

Yeah. Ben in full Lying For The Lord mode.

129

GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2023 • 2:58:10pm

There is no way this bribery thing is true. None. Zero. Zip. Zilch.

130

Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 3:00:26pm

I need a laugh

131

Crush White Nationalism May 3, 2023 • 3:09:17pm

re: #127 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Incoming stupid.

[Embedded content]

Don’t believe the lies perpetuated by “big kidney”

— YourMe OfGah (@yoremeofga) May 3, 2023

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GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2023 • 3:14:24pm

re: #131 Crush White Nationalism

Please, Eric Trump Jr. Nobody is going to miss a fetus with no kidneys.

— Verrified (@efuseakay) May 3, 2023

133

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 3, 2023 • 3:17:15pm

Would love to drive a rig like this around Lubbock:

134

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 3:17:29pm

re: #93 aatharuv

I wonder why the guilty person waved his right to a jury trial?

He stated he couldn’t get a fair trial in DC (dogwhistling racism).

135

Belafon May 3, 2023 • 3:23:56pm

I saw that Collin Allred is going to run against Ted Cruz.

136

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 3:25:01pm

heh

Wild. Galveston ISD’s superintendent claimed he was misquoted in an article, telling parents the article was wrong and texting @galvnews’ editors to complain. @GalvNews published the audio.

https://t.co/nnJBZntY6z

— John Wayne Ferguson (@JohnWFerguson) May 3, 2023

pic.twitter.com/O31MVh1BuQ

— John Wayne Ferguson (@JohnWFerguson) May 3, 2023

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BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 3:27:23pm

re: #64 Joe Bacon

And the latest nail in Fucker C’s KKKoffin

We’ve got a new FoxLeak.

In this behind-the-scenes video, Tucker Carlson talks about how he was “triggered” by Dominion’s lawyer, who he calls a “slimy motherfucker,” during his deposition.

“MF ‘er made me say things under oath that didn’t fit my narrative.”

138

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 3:31:03pm

A bribery scheme apparently Trump’s FBI was looking into mere months before the election, but then forgot about? https://t.co/BerSK3PyIP

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 3, 2023

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wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 3:35:26pm

re: #119 TedStriker

On another point, I always have liked King’s “original” version of You’ve Got a Friend slightly more than JT’s (even though King and Taylor’s recording sessions for their respective albums overlapped, with many of the same backing musicians); Taylor’s version was what I grew up on, but King’s version seems have a bit more something:

[Embedded content]

Video

Carole King is superior to JT in every way. A bit more everything.

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aatharuv May 3, 2023 • 3:35:39pm

re: #134 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

He stated he couldn’t get a fair trial in DC (dogwhistling racism).

I’m sure at least some of the dogwhistling is projecting.

141

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 3:39:10pm

re: #105 Eclectic Cyborg

Their accusations are always so vague as to be impossible to corroborate.

Which I’m sure is the intent.

Already the conservative parrots are all repeating the same talking point across social media. Not a one has an original thought to themselves.

142

GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2023 • 3:40:04pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

They’re just flooding the airways with this bullshit because they know their supporters/MAGA cultists don’t care about actual proof. To them it’s already true.

143

sagehen May 3, 2023 • 3:42:07pm

re: #135 Belafon

I saw that Collin Allred is going to run against Ted Cruz.

Is he any relation to Gloria Allred?

144

No Malarkey! May 3, 2023 • 3:43:29pm

Apparently he went native, as they say.

NEW: The ex-FBI official who allegedly urged rioters to kill police at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was on the FBI New York Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

His duties?

Supervising the homegrown violent extremism squad.

Story with @jonathan4ny: https://t.co/ykvC3RHzyE

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 3, 2023

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sagehen May 3, 2023 • 3:47:40pm

re: #144 No Malarkey!

Apparently he went native, as they say.

How many Jose Padillas are there? Because the one mentioned in this article cannot possibly be the one who was arrested in 2002 as a suspected Al Qaeda collaborator, held in such hideous conditions for so long that he became mentally unfit to stand trial…

146

The Pie Overlord! May 3, 2023 • 3:48:20pm

Paul Gosar is a full blown nazi. That is all.

After condemning Nazism, Rep. Paul Gosar to share stage with members of Austrian party founded by Nazis.

The CPAC Hungary confab is featuring many with antisemitic and white nationalist ties https://t.co/hpperiUtjM

— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) May 3, 2023

147

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 3:48:37pm

That might be because you’re a racist, since even subtle racism is easy to see if you have empathy.

As for saying something is unconstitutional, you do have the absolute right to say that, you fookin’ tool.

148

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 3:48:54pm

re: #147 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It is not unconstitutional. You can’t cry “unconstitutional” to any damn thing you disagree with, it makes that word lose all meaning…like racist. That word mean nothing to me today.

— 🇺🇸BlugrassStrong#2🇺🇸 (@LetsGoB7) May 3, 2023

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BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 3:50:31pm

re: #133 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Would love to drive a rig like this around Lubbock:

[Embedded content]

“And the [Harley] knuckleheads are ahead by two bike lengths as they head down the homestretch.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 3:51:17pm

re: #112 Joe Bacon

Just try it, Bimborella. We dare you to try it.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Very likely’ impeachment articles coming over alleged Biden crimes

alternet.org

They’ve been whinging about that since the election. It is performative nonsense. The press will uncritically report it, trying to centrism our nation to death.

151

wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 3:52:33pm

re: #145 sagehen

How many Jose Padillas are there? Because the one mentioned in this article cannot possibly be the one who was arrested in 2002 as a suspected Al Qaeda collaborator, held in such hideous conditions for so long that he became mentally unfit to stand trial…

I think there are more Jose Padillas than Charles Johnsons.

152

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 3:52:52pm

re: #143 sagehen

Is he any relation to Gloria Allred?

Democrat Colin Allred jumps into Senate race against Ted Cruz

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BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 3:53:58pm

re: #139 wrenchwench

Carole King is superior to JT in every way. A bit more everything.

She’s Brill building alumni.

154

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 3:55:22pm

Since taking office, President Biden’s economic plan has created over 12.5 million jobs. We created more jobs in two years than any President in a four-year term.

House Republicans’ bill would lead to the loss of 780,000 jobs, and they’re threatening millions with default.

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 3, 2023

155

Belafon May 3, 2023 • 3:59:27pm

A 13 year old in Serbia killed 8 students and a janitor at his school with his dad’s guns. Bureaus he is under 14, he can’t be charged, but his dad can. And the president is calling for tougher guns laws.

theguardian.com

156

Captain Magic May 3, 2023 • 3:59:38pm

re: #146 The Pie Overlord!

And to think this rest is an actual dentist.

157

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 4:01:01pm

re: #130 Joe Bacon

I need a laugh

The Website is real.

unitedchurchofbacon.org

158

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 4:02:26pm

My mum hangs her washing out with the Gypsy pegs I carved her during lockdown 🥲 The same kind she sold door to door as a kid pic.twitter.com/VYsf2PXzZg

— John Henry (@johnphillips185) May 3, 2023

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sagehen May 3, 2023 • 4:04:18pm

re: #153 BeenHereAwhile

She’s Brill building alumni.

and Gershwin Award winner.

Carole King feat Slash - Locomotion live HQ

160

wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 4:04:48pm

re: #157 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The Website is real.

unitedchurchofbacon.org

From there:

Praise Bacon

Give him an upding.

161

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 4:05:51pm

The skeleton of Saint Pancratius in the Church of St. Nikolaus, Switzerland. pic.twitter.com/sOfjZ7gpcY

— The Thanatos Archive 💀⚰️ (@ThanatosArchive) May 2, 2023

He’s the patron saint of children, jobs and health. His name is also invoked against cramps, false witnesses, headaches and perjury.

Patron saint of heavy metal musicians and the walking dead as well, I suspect…

162

Backwoods_Sleuth May 3, 2023 • 4:08:43pm

Guy takes his parrots out to fly around while riding his bike pic.twitter.com/eThE6ihQIK

— B&S (@_B___S) May 3, 2023

163

Barefoot Grin May 3, 2023 • 4:09:01pm

re: #144 No Malarkey!

Apparently he went native, as they say.

This is good because it has links to other warnings that a considerable number of agents in the FBI were sympathetic to both Trump and the Jan. 6 insurrectionists (and we know about the secret service).

164

Eventual Carrion May 3, 2023 • 4:09:20pm

re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s the patron saint of children, jobs and health. His name is also invoked against cramps, false witnesses, headaches and perjury.

Patron saint of heavy metal musicians and the walking dead as well, I suspect…

Nice dress

165

Nerdy Fish May 3, 2023 • 4:09:41pm

re: #164 Eventual Carrion

Nice dress

Who knew the saints of yore were woke?

166

GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2023 • 4:10:52pm

Just what many of us are suspecting is likely the actual truth and Putin is desperate to frame Ukraine for it. Can’t have any dissent amongst the population.

167

PhillyPretzel May 3, 2023 • 4:10:53pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

Smart Birds. They seem to enjoy the outdoors.

168

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 3, 2023 • 4:11:03pm

re: #112 Joe Bacon

Just try it, Bimborella. We dare you to try it.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Very likely’ impeachment articles coming over alleged Biden crimes

alternet.org

I think Menagerie and her handlers have determined the memory span of the average rank and file MAGAt, and it looks like roughly 3 weeks. Just 6 weeks ago, she was calling for an invasion of Mexico. 3-4 weeks ago, she was telling us how disgusted she was with New York, though it paled beside the disgust New Yorkers felt, and freely expressed, toward her. Until today, she was embroiled in the backlash from her insane attack on adoptive parents.
Like most Repug politicians, she does not believe a word of the stupid lies she tells, she is pandering to the degenerate repug base for the sake of power and wealth. The base is the problem.

169

Barefoot Grin May 3, 2023 • 4:11:12pm

I watched a video of Willie’s 90th birthday party with Keith Richards playing two country songs with Willie and his band. Keith has not sounded this good in a while (I know he quit smoking, but I think he may be sober now too). But Willie just couldn’t keep up.

Then tonight I stumble on this rendition of “Dead Flowers” with Keith and Willie and it is just great:

Keith Richards Dead Flowers live

170

Belafon May 3, 2023 • 4:15:30pm

a class=”embedOpen” data-opts=’{“type”:”iframe”,”attributes”:{“width”:”100%”,”height”:”auto”,”class”:”mastodon-embed”}}’ href=”Mastodon”>theguardian.com /a

Charles,

When I copied the share link from this one, google.com, pasting it seems to have added the mastadon embed stuff.

171

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 4:16:20pm

Most melatonin gummies are inaccurately labeled.

88% of products tested contained 74%-347% of the labeled quantity.

One brand doesn’t even have melatonin; it has CBD instead!

Article in @JAMA_current https://t.co/xpA017b2eZ

Good summary @medpagetoday https://t.co/A1b8smQyTf

— Nick Mark MD (@nickmmark) May 3, 2023

172

wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 4:18:42pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s better than the unicyclist with the flame-shooting bagpipes. Or as good as.

173

GlutenFreeJesus May 3, 2023 • 4:20:09pm

re: #163 Barefoot Grin

This just proves the Feds set this all up. //

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2023 • 4:24:09pm

re: #173 GlutenFreeJesus

This just proves the Feds set this all up. //

Natch. Have NYC field officers help tank Hillary, deploy agents who drag their feet on the Jan 6 investigation all to cover for how they actually manipulated the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys into violence!

175

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 4:24:16pm

LOL

I remember when Nicolas Cage lived on Mars. Why isn’t that a headline? What do you remember about Nicolas Cage? https://t.co/v68jqCDMb5

— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) May 3, 2023

176

austin_blue May 3, 2023 • 4:24:45pm

re: #29 A Cranky One

Okay, which of you lizards has been walking on my keyboard?

[Embedded content]

Gordon Gecko.

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Eventual Carrion May 3, 2023 • 4:29:30pm

Pennsylvania House passes LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination bill

178

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 4:30:18pm

⛈ A peak at the extended forecast shows temperatures cooling off a bit into the weekend, as well as daily chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms. Thursday will likely be the wettest of the days with more widespread thunderstorms and heavy rain. #WYwx #NEwx pic.twitter.com/EC1pnHfmEx

— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) May 3, 2023

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The Pie Overlord! May 3, 2023 • 4:31:47pm

BREAKING NEWS: Special Counsel Jack Smith issues new subpoenas to ask about the handling of surveillance video from Mar-a-Lago after Trump Org received subpoena for it last summer. Two top Trump Org Security execs expected to appear before grand jury Thursday. @OutFrontCNN pic.twitter.com/ExLLEEcZHq

— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCNN) May 3, 2023

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Charles Johnson May 3, 2023 • 4:32:45pm

Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer

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Captain Ron May 3, 2023 • 4:33:54pm

We fought a war to make sure we didn’t have to go, but thanks. https://t.co/3yIvCTrump

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 3, 2023

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 4:34:34pm

Oklahoma governor vetoes state PBS funding, accuses network of using ‘tax dollars to indoctrinate kids’ https://t.co/nwOl0r8Mif pic.twitter.com/7OePcpq7XK

— New York Post (@nypost) May 3, 2023

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Colère Tueur de Lapin May 3, 2023 • 4:36:19pm

I’m pterry most people here get it —- understanding cost points for both artists and trade folx. But I’m think I should reiterate it.

You’re not paying for the 12 minutes of effort — you’re paying for the 30 years that those 12 minute that are the culmination of.

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(((Archangel1))) May 3, 2023 • 4:36:59pm

Edit: Nvm, beaten to the Dune Part 2 trailer by minutes. :)

Looking forward to this. Denis Villeneuve did a really good job with Part 1.

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Eventual Carrion May 3, 2023 • 4:38:52pm

re: #182 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Learning those evil letters and numbers and stuff …

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PhillyPretzel May 3, 2023 • 4:39:25pm

re: #181 Captain Ron

It is obvious that DT did not read the fine print. Jill Biden is going.

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Tahitinho May 3, 2023 • 4:39:43pm

re: #169 Barefoot Grin

How is it that Keith looks younger than he did years ago? I am reminded of a joke (I’m stealing it from someone, please forgive if I read it first here)…

Adam & Even were walking in the Garden of Eden, in the presence of God. Adam was naming all the creatures.

“That big furry thing there. He’s just lying on the ground, doing nothing. I name him… Lion.”

“Let it be so,” said God.

“And that one hanging from the tree, moving so slow. I name him… slo… slo… sloth!”

“Let it be so,” said God.

Eve spoke up. “God, who is that, sitting under the apple tree, playing guitar?”

And God said, “Oh, that’s Keith Richards. He was here when I got here.”

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TedStriker May 3, 2023 • 4:41:47pm

re: #139 wrenchwench

Carole King is superior to JT in every way. A bit more everything.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a lot of James Taylor’s stuff, including his version of You’ve Got a Friend; like I said, I grew up on JT, King, Lightfoot (RIP), Croce, Mitchell, and a whole lot of other 70s singer-songwriters, because my parents played a lot of it around the house and such. But, I never really figured out that King wrote You’ve Got a Friend until well into adulthood and, even then, I never heard her original version until just within the past few years, simply because lazy, forgetful, and preoccupied with more pressing life things.

Boy, was I depriving myself, because, while I still love JT’s guitar-centric version, King’s piano-centric original just has more emotional punch. I totally get why JT wanted to do a version of it himself, especially that early in his career, because King was already a master songwriter way before she started her own recording career in earnest and You’ve Got a Friend is a great song.

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Belafon May 3, 2023 • 4:42:42pm

re: #175 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

LOL

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Remembering being in his mother’s womb was a plot point for Ensign Harry Kim in Star Trek: Voyager.

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BeenHereAwhile May 3, 2023 • 4:43:59pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

__S
Guy takes his parrots out to fly around while riding his bike

His neighbors must love him.

My next door neighbor in Miami kept two Blue McCaws outdoors in a cage between our two houses. They can be quite loud.

The neighbor was a nice guy, and we’re animal folk (at the time we had 3 dogs and a cat) so we just kept the windows closed and the AC on.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 4:48:52pm

“Atheists for Liberty” is like the Log Cabin Republicans. They seem to think the GOP cares about them or they’re “the good ones.” Even the Democratic Party doesn’t care about us but they aren’t actively trying to suppress our rights.

This guy’s sign is ripe for editing if you have a photograph editor.

pic.twitter.com/Xy2OI1WcOt

— Justin Vacula (@justinvacula) May 3, 2023

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 4:53:34pm

In preparation for his official presidential campaign announcement, Republican Sen. Tim Scott preached at a church in Iowa last month where he declared that the Constitution dictates that the government should be “bowing the knee to the church.” https://t.co/ye9kKZl5bt pic.twitter.com/mH9BqWbHQI

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) May 3, 2023

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wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 4:53:44pm

re: #190 BeenHereAwhile

His neighbors must love him.

My next door neighbor in Miami kept two Blue McCaws outdoors in a cage between our two houses. They can be quite loud.

The neighbor was a nice guy, and we’re animal folk (at the time we had 3 dogs and a cat) so we just kept the windows closed and the AC on.

I worry about one of my cats getting kind of loud. We’ve always kept a cat water bowl in the bathtub. I can’t remember how that started, but encouraging cats to drink is good, and more locations is encouraging. The acoustics in there are great, and Presta somehow discovered that, and he goes in and sings to his water before taking a drink. He’s aging fast (living beyond expectations, at this point) and his voice is a little more hoarse, and he can swing down to this amazing howlly low note. I’m afraid it sounds like I’m torturing him, or starving him, and I think sound carries best between the bathrooms in this place.

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A Cranky One May 3, 2023 • 4:54:51pm

Fuck.

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Teukka May 3, 2023 • 4:56:11pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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Nerdy Fish May 3, 2023 • 4:57:00pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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Joe Bacon May 3, 2023 • 4:57:41pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

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wrenchwench May 3, 2023 • 4:57:41pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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TedStriker May 3, 2023 • 4:57:47pm

re: #187 Tahitinho

How is it that Keith looks younger than he did years ago? I am reminded of a joke (I’m stealing it from someone, please forgive if I read it first here)…

Adam & Even were walking in the Garden of Eden, in the presence of God. Adam was naming all the creatures.

“That big furry thing there. He’s just lying on the ground, doing nothing. I name him… Lion.”

“Let it be so,” said God.

“And that one hanging from the tree, moving so slow. I name him… slo… slo… sloth!”

“Let it be so,” said God.

Eve spoke up. “God, who is that, sitting under the apple tree, playing guitar?”

And God said, “Oh, that’s Keith Richards. He was here when I got here.”

Keith’s got to have one helluva Dorian Gray portrait stashed somewhere….

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PhillyPretzel May 3, 2023 • 4:58:19pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 May 3, 2023 • 5:00:37pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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Ace Rothstein May 3, 2023 • 5:01:02pm

re: #129 GlutenFreeJesus

There is no way this bribery thing is true. None. Zero. Zip. Zilch.

If it was true, we would have known about it a long time ago.

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Ace Rothstein May 3, 2023 • 5:01:49pm

re: #135 Belafon

I saw that Collin Allred is going to run against Ted Cruz.

Good. He can beat that smug fuck.

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austin_blue May 3, 2023 • 5:03:13pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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retired cynic May 3, 2023 • 5:05:18pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

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Barefoot Grin May 3, 2023 • 5:07:51pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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sizzzzlerz May 3, 2023 • 5:08:46pm

re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s the patron saint of children, jobs and health. His name is also invoked against cramps, false witnesses, headaches and perjury.

Patron saint of heavy metal musicians and the walking dead as well, I suspect…

Everybody dance now!
(bomp-bomp-bom-bomp, bomp-bomp-bom-bomp, bomp-bomp-bom-bomp)

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Jay C May 3, 2023 • 5:09:15pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs May 3, 2023 • 5:12:07pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

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steve_davis May 3, 2023 • 5:16:09pm

re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth

awww….my guess is those birds love the hell out of that!!

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(((Archangel1))) May 3, 2023 • 5:24:50pm

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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Thanos May 4, 2023 • 5:09:19am

re: #194 A Cranky One

Fuck.

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