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Such a different world only ninety miles south of me.
Today, Colorado Governor @jaredpolis signed into law the Patients’ Right to Know Act!
Whenever hospitals deny necessary care based on religious beliefs or other nonmedical reasons, they must now be transparent and disclose this information to patients. https://t.co/ISAVYpVLoG— American Atheists (@AmericanAtheist) May 10, 2023
This is gross. What an epic fail. I will never watch one single minute of CNN ever again. I guess he can just completely ignore every question and talk as long as he wants about anything he wants with no pushback.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 11, 2023
Trump just denied saying the Constitution should be terminated - even though he did - and Collins has yet to correct him (she started to but he talked over her). He is being applauded by the ‘independent’ crowd and is mocking her ‘agenda’.
So far, so awful. #CNNTownhall— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 11, 2023
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good. Why give him a platform? He’s a sexual assault predator. Yet here you are giving him a platform. What do you expect?
Gah. I turned on CNN and the orange fucker is speed-lying again.
From downstairs:
re: #215 Colère Tueur de Lapin
So, now I’m binging Batwoman. I hate Sophie. But, her beard (?, is that the correct term for a boy who is covering for his lesbian wife (?)) is named Tyler. So I hate the boy character even more.
I believe the proper term is “merkin”.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Gah. I turned on CNN and the orange fucker is speed-lying again.
But I was told this town hall was being moderated by a fine and critical journalist.
CNN: WE HAD NO IDEA HE WOULD BE INSANE! NO IDEA! WE THOUGHT HE’D BE REASONABLE! HOW COULD WE HAVE KNOWN!?? NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS!
Next: Post Townhall analysis with Disgraced Qanon General Mike Flynn https://t.co/vK3nA7Brcs— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 11, 2023
Trump calls the cop who shot Ashli Babbitt a “thug” pic.twitter.com/ivyZnBDniO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2023
Oh, cool, new EONS episode. Off to learn rather than GAF about the Mango Moron.
In a nearly unanimous vote, Minnesota Senate lawmakers passed a bill that would criminalize people who non-consensually share deepfake sexual images of others, and people who share deepfakes to hurt a political candidate or influence an election. https://t.co/cNKe7x4Emo
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 11, 2023
Remember CNN just said this. They have gone completely over to the bad side.
Tonight’s town hall with former President Trump, his first appearance on CNN since the 2016 election, joins a list of other signs that he is adopting a more traditional campaign in his third White House run and comes as he faces several legal hurdles. https://t.co/YA8OfXOHEx
— CNN (@CNN) May 10, 2023
Now he’s repeatedly trashing E Jean Carroll and the audience is clapping and laughing.
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 11, 2023
re: #15 The Pie Overlord!
Remember CNN just said this. They have gone completely over to the bad side.
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It’s bad for the nation, but it’s good for Warner Bros-Discovery head David Ex-Lax, er, Zaslav.
I’m sure Dear Leader will reward CNN most bigly when he takes over and ends democracy in America permanently.
I did not know this, but Kaitlan Collins got her start at the Daily Caller.
re: #16 Charles Johnson
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Don’t be silly. They can always dig for an even lower bottom.
Well, look on the bright side, even we weren’t stupid enough to do something like this
— OANN— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 11, 2023
I can’t even listen to donald trump talk. The very sound of his voice makes me want to vomit.
— Jo🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) May 11, 2023
This is irresponsible.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 11, 2023
oh this is disgusting
— Mark (@106th) May 11, 2023
Hey nice work to CNN for platforming a sexual abuser now mocking his victim on your air.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 11, 2023
Wash-shee-choo
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) May 11, 2023
All this stuff seems like it’s going be an exhibit in the next trial pic.twitter.com/Ij1IAhaLoS
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 11, 2023
re: #17 Captain Ron
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Trump is mocking Carroll and the sexual abuse he was just found liable for, calling it ‘hanky panky’, and the audience is laughing.
Disgusting stuff. Hope CNN bosses are proud. #CNNTownhall— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 11, 2023
. @Lugsy51 @AdySaisons pic.twitter.com/jw6gQ5bHLS
— Chris “🍻Maß🍻” Graf (@TheCellarMonk) May 10, 2023
He’s just repeating all of his “greatest hits” as the applause rolls and rolls.
Trump asked if he stands by comments that stars can just grab women as they wish.
He just added: “women let you.”— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) May 11, 2023
She did a good job on the first part, but I’m serious, the network should shut down the show now. https://t.co/ne3GhU919r
— David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) May 11, 2023
… No joke. CNN producers should announce that they’re turning off the cameras.
— David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) May 11, 2023
If I were E Jean Carroll’s lawyer I would file new defamation charges tomorrow morning. And then seek summary judgement.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) May 11, 2023
JFCOEUJCOMD (JFC on electric unicycle juggling chainsaws over Mount Doom.)
“We might as well do it now” — Trump endorses a US debt default pic.twitter.com/l81cW3bwH9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2023
jeebus
Trump says women will still vote for him after he was found to have sexually abused E. Jean Carroll, ” No, I don’t think so because I think the whole thing just so you understand — you ready? I never met this woman. I never saw this woman.” pic.twitter.com/fHCB3qKCCY
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 11, 2023
re: #18 A Three Hour Tour
It’s bad for the nation, but it’s good for Warner Bros-Discovery head David Ex-Lax, er, Zaslav.
News organisations do just fine under fascist regimes as long as they follow the orders of the dictator’s government. Very few newspapers were actually shut down by the German Nazi regime (initially).
Our own New York Times was busy trying to downplay and both-sides Hitler.
There’s a reasons Musk and the Libertarian Party are attacking mostly unbiased public broadcasters such as the BBC, VOA, CBC, and NPR.
Trump doesn’t close the door on pardoning the Proud Boys who were convicted of seditious conspiracy pic.twitter.com/puYQPyZqA9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2023
CNN is having a MAGA rally
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) May 11, 2023
Right on the state line south of me, moving north.
Tornado Warning including Merino CO, Atwood CO and Willard CO until 7:00 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/fJ5GxMQyZj
— NWS Tornado (@NWStornado) May 11, 2023
The NWS weather radio just popped off with a severe thunderstorm watch and a flood warning for our area.
Pressed by CNN’s @kaitlancollins in a New Hampshire town hall, former President Donald Trump again refuses to concede that he lost the 2020 election and repeats his false claims about election fraud.
Follow live updates and watch now. https://t.co/prGSnWv2ZL pic.twitter.com/KXAqTktWzE— CNN (@CNN) May 11, 2023
This dog was spotted being booked, busy, and about his business. We don’t know where he’s going, but it’s obviously important. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/qEcaqS5d5p
— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) May 10, 2023
There is no reflection anywhere. It doesn’t matter. 35% or so of Americans just want liberal tears. They don’t care about rape or destroying the world economy. I only pray that some small segment of women who might have voted for Trump will now reject him out of hand.
And now @CNN is letting him get away with saying Democrats support infanticide — Collins isn’t challenging him on this. No fact checking. No pushback. Not only is it a colossal lie, but it’s a dangerous one, too. Absolutely *no one* supports infanticide.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 11, 2023
I listened to the first part of Trump’s town hall. Pretty standard bullshit. Doubled down on his lies. First question was whether he’d drop the election fraud bullshit - doubled down on it again and got applause.
Tornado warning extended to Sterling, Colorado. If the storm continues, the next warnings will be for Sidney, Nebr. Currently it’s sunny here, but getting dark to the south.
The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a
* Tornado Warning for…
Northeastern Morgan County in northeastern Colorado…
Southwestern Logan County in northeastern Colorado…* Until 700 PM MDT.
* At 633 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles south of Willard, or 18 miles southwest of
Sterling, moving north at 40 mph.HAZARD…Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT…Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.* This dangerous storm will be near…
Willard around 640 PM MDT.
Pawnee Pass and Logan Corners around 650 PM MDT.
Chris Wallace. Wolf Blitzer. Jake Tapper. Dana Bash. They could have picked any one of them. But they went with Kaitlin Collins 🤦♂️
— Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@piyushmittal) May 11, 2023
This Trump Townhall is the @CNN equivalent of the morning after cheap beer and Taco Bell.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 11, 2023
Rapid reaction from a CNN staffer: “A disaster, and totally predictable.”
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) May 11, 2023
“I did finish the wall” — Trump
(Republicans will vote tomorrow on legislation that would resume construction on the wall, so …) pic.twitter.com/XQTqv4DBmU— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2023
“You could kill the baby at 9 months or after it was born”
Goes unchallenged.
This a journalistic abomination.— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) May 11, 2023
You can’t treat a deranged serial liar autocrat like any other candidate.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) May 11, 2023
Since E. Jean Carroll is now a multi-millionaire, and she’s shown herself to be fearless in the face of Trump’s threats, she can afford to hire a really good lawyer to go after CNN for platforming the same lies she just won her court case over.
re: #27 DodgerFan1988
It was hanky panky? I thought he never met her.
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
You can’t treat a deranged serial liar autocrat like any other candidate.
You can’t give them a microphone.
High fives in the Trump camp - predictably. Big propaganda coup. Demagogues thrive gifted this kind of platform in front of an adoring crowd. https://t.co/8EwjYVXD27
— Nick Bryant (@NickBryantNY) May 11, 2023
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
This zombie lie came from New York passing a law allowing for end-of-life pallative care for infants born with no chance of survival, and grief counselling for family members.
Glenn Youngkin (Fascist) first weaponised the lie in his run for Virginia governor. It became a talking point for the parrots in the GOP.
Wow. I didn’t see Trump disparaging E. Jean Carroll to a laughing and whistling audience on CNN a day after being found liable for sexually abusing her. He just repeated the very statements that formed the basis of her successful defamation claim.
— Molly Crane-Newman (@molcranenewman) May 11, 2023
The GOP’s almost instantaneous transition from “I couldn’t look my daughter in the eye” if I supported Trump to ‘everyone who says Trump raped them is a joke’ is why they can ALL be branded MAGA. Not just the Big Lie candidates. https://t.co/uoeERpyLwI
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 11, 2023
CNN spit in the face of journalism tonight.
CNN spit in the face of democracy tonight.
Fuck CNN.— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) May 11, 2023
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
But it’s also St. A’s that should be ashamed. They should never have agreed to host this shit.
Your moment of calm 🐺 pic.twitter.com/DCNPsvZzEL
— Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 (@nywolforg) May 10, 2023
niterz, lizardz!
We now know what @cnn became tonight. After this we’re just haggling over price.
— Mike Lupica (@MikeLupica) May 11, 2023
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
I looked and… Please tell me what happened.
re: #63 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I looked and… Please tell me what happened.
He’s a piece of excrement…not even human excrement.
Trump made an asshole out of you, CNN. And you deserved it.
France launched a war crime investigation after AFP reporter Arman Soldin was killed in Ukraine
Soldin, 32, died when he and his AFP colleagues came under fire by Grad rockets while they were with Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine - CBS News https://t.co/ZiREcXPJwj— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) May 11, 2023
re: #67 Teukka
Not sure how that is a war crime.
re: #69 Teukka
Depends on where he was when he was killed.
It sounds like they were embedded with combat troops in a combat zone and targeted with rockets from a distance.
re: #69 Teukka
Depends on where he was when he was killed.
The French tend to look after their own: “crime” or no, they’re going to do an investigation in any case, if only for form’s sake.
I still believe that when trumps brags about sexual assault it hurts him with women and younger voters. He’s going to lose in 2024. Not going to be easy, but if he gets the nom he will lose by a wider margin than last time. and Fuck trump.
Embarrassing shit show.#CNNTownhall
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) May 11, 2023
re: #74 I Would Prefer Not To
I still believe that when trumps brags about sexual assault it hurts him with women and younger voters. He’s going to lose in 2024. Not going to be easy, but if he gets the nom he will lose by a wider margin than last time. and Fuck trump.
To ask a MAGAt: What if your daughter doesn’t want to be grabbed?
Less “how could CNN fall for this,” more “CNN is trying to kill us,” thanks.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 11, 2023
They’ve got phone location data
— Freedom to Brunch 🍳🥓🥂💃🪩 (@UsedToBeGOP) May 11, 2023
Storms getting closer to Nebraska’s Panhandle.
Tornado Warning continues for Stoneham CO and Willard CO until 7:30 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/vuxtqqvDtI
— NWS Tornado (@NWStornado) May 11, 2023
Sorry, but this seems like the lead in to dozens of horror movies
Britain’s fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the UK’s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. https://t.co/smrhIxO36t
— ABC News (@abcnews) May 11, 2023
The Truman Show is on (it’s one of those I tend to stop on when I see it). Someone should write his memoir, The Show Goes On, 25 Years Later.
re: #66 Ace Rothstein
But they’ll get monster ratings because everyone (not me) is watching so it’s all good.
re: #81 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Sorry, but this seems like the lead in to dozens of horror movies
Or a possible solution to the royal family’s hereditary issues. Prince William looks as old as his father and has the same hair. Prince Henry looks like Diana had at least one good night before she died…
Radar from MSN. The edge of the tornadic storm in Colorado has reached us.
re: #82 Belafon
The Truman Show is on (it’s one of those I tend to stop on when I see it). Someone should write his memoir, The Show Goes On, 25 Years Later.
That was the first movie where everyone at the end said, “Holy shit! Ace Ventura can act!”
re: #90 Patricia Kayden
Grab him again, tomorrow.
I have an idea. Let’s celebrate internet blackouts, persecution of journalists, targeting of political opponents & mass violence against Muslims & other minorities.
Modi should be banned not welcomed to the U.S. This state dinner is an abomination.https://t.co/UNjxdyhcBR— Arjun Sethi (@arjunsethi81) May 11, 2023
Every Democrat should be tweeting the exact same message right now. https://t.co/jrtUgY0XGa
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) May 11, 2023
Hope CNN got terrible ratings; from what I saw on Twitter it was every bit as awful as we thought it would be.
re: #74 I Would Prefer Not To
I still believe that when trumps brags about sexual assault it hurts him with women and younger voters. He’s going to lose in 2024. Not going to be easy, but if he gets the nom he will lose by a wider margin than last time. and Fuck trump.
CNN generated a lot of opposition video to use against Trump in the next campaign.
As a scholar of Fascism this is deeply familiar. This is a propaganda spectacle designed to reinforce the leader cult - thus the relief and enjoyment of the audience at hearing favorite slogans and untruths. https://t.co/JYmNGDboLg
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) May 11, 2023
Is happening here. These are the boring first chapters of the history book 40 years from now, but it started a while ago.
— 📱 Steven Hoober. No, with a “B.” (@shoobe01) May 11, 2023
The hail has arrived here.
#WPC_MD 0253 affecting Northeast CO…Far Southeast WY…Far Southwest NEB Panhandle…, #newx #cowx #wywx, https://t.co/bQfWjyCQmM pic.twitter.com/ME83sSoDLc
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) May 10, 2023
Rep. Byron Donalds on CNN right now criticizing the concept of fact-checking, and CNN is voluntarily turning over its airtime to this person for analysis.
We are so fucked.— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 11, 2023
re: #86 darthstar
Or a possible solution to the royal family’s hereditary issues. Prince William looks as old as his father and has the same hair. Prince Henry looks like Diana had at least one good night before she died…
Same hair is actually the oddity - normally that skips generations and is also in the mitochondrial DNA passed down the mothers side…
re: #98 Captain Ron
CNN would like to see how much lower they can go in the ratings.
re: #98 Captain Ron
Criticizing the concept of fact-checking, because facts are anathema to these ghouls. They’re angry that there was a period of time, all too brief, where they weren’t allowed to just say whatever bullshit they wanted and get away with it.
Beryl Howell rules that Ruby Freeman can serve a subpoena on Jenna Ellis via alternate means — Jenna may be hiding in her mother’s basement. pic.twitter.com/kdW0GSQrzr
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 10, 2023
re: #38 The Pie Overlord!
Collins: Why should Americans put you back in the White House?
Festering anal polyp: Because if they don’t I’ll have my cult burn this place to the fucking ground! You may hate as long as you also fear.
re: #98 Captain Ron
Out of morbid curiosity I turned on CNN and saw that. Fuck CNN for trying to both-sides this.
I’ve probably posted 10 times about this, but too bad. I went to Trump’s first rally in Derry, NH. It was the same fucking people in the crowd tonight. Of course this horseshit was going to happen.
I’ll tell you what will tell you if the Dems have capitulated to the Rs. The Debt Ceiling vote.
If the D’s do anything other than telling the R’s to take a flying fuck at a rolling donut, we are done as a Representative Democracy, and Katy bar the door for our future.
re: #15 The Pie Overlord!
Remember CNN just said this. They have gone completely over to the bad side.
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I refused to watch CNN’s tongue bath of Orange Foolius. Reading the comments only confirms what I expected it would be. It was Charlottesville without the tiki torches.
There were not fine people on both sides of Charlottesville.
The January 6th rioters were not good people.
End of story. pic.twitter.com/1Jc9yQwTvh— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 11, 2023
re: #108 William Lewis
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My son supposedly has a $240 high school book due. He says a lot of AP students seem to have one. He has to find out tomorrow which one it is,
Did I ever tell you about the former president who taught his asshole how to talk?
Never watching CNN again.
In the @CNN front office tonight: “Sure, we damaged democracy tonight but we won the hour.”
— Ken Cox 💦 (@KenCox) May 11, 2023
re: #114 No Malarkey!
Never watching CNN again.
No, CNN, you didn’t win anything. You lost, too. You sold what little integrity you had left to enable the most dangerous men in America. If Republicans regain power, this country is OVER. Full stop. And YOU helped.
re: #104 jaunte
It looks busy up there.
It is.
7:39pm CDT #SPC_Watch WW 209 SEVERE TSTM NE 110035Z - 110600Z, #newx, https://t.co/nLFUT6D6Gr pic.twitter.com/DgcMF6Ysej
— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) May 11, 2023
re: #118 Charles Johnson
Charles it wasn’t just fucked up.
It was fucked down
It was fucked all around.
⚡ Reuters: US authorizes first transfer of seized Russian oligarch’s funds to Ukraine.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has approved the transfer of forfeited Russian assets to Ukraine for the first time, Reuters reported.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 10, 2023
CNN exemplifies the media addiction to the horserace. If it looks like there isn’t going to be much of one, they’ll push on the scale and create it.
re: #122 Dangerman
As I’ve posted repeatedly the Corporate Controlled Conservative Press is not your friend.
Nova was about the Tonga Volcano. Excellent show tonight. My BP stayed normal and I learned a few things.
re: #124 jaunte
CNN exemplifies the media addiction to the horserace. If it looks like there isn’t going to be much of one, they’ll push on the scale and create it.
Yeah, if the US political media were sent back in time to Weimar Germany, they would have supported Nazis just the way they now support Republicans.
All I can say about the shit the media is pulling right now to help Republicans: It still won’t be enough.
I love this: Hakeem Jeffries on Lawrence O’Donnell just now:
“A party that believes…shamelessness is a superpower….”
What CNN did today is why U.S. history classes should examine role of press in every era, being specific about white press compared to Black press.
Not just “the press.” Define it. Note which side they are on — evil or justice? Never neutral. Journalism or propaganda? https://t.co/JOlyggWOPk— Zinn Ed Project (@ZinnEdProject) May 11, 2023
Vox, August 26, 2022
Why billionaire John Malone’s shadow looms over CNN
“One of the world’s most powerful news outlets has a new mandate — which happens to sync with the views of one of the world’s richest men.”
How Malone views FOX as the gold standard of libertarian journalism, and how he wants to remake CNN into a larger libertarian FOX.
How is a ‘libertarian FOX’ not just the original flavor with a superfluous adjective?
As legendary musician Gordon Lightfoot was laid to rest this weekend, one loyal friend wouldn’t leave his side… pic.twitter.com/4yqD5vHNDW
— Debby Swihart (@debbyswihart) May 10, 2023
It is supposed to be close or over 90 begining this weekend. So I spent the afternoon untangling one just to find out it had major which had holes in it. I then spent the rest of the time unrolling a new hose which should have been easy but had developed a lot of kinks.
I’ll do some watering tomorrow., I am really sore. Icing my legs helps.
This isn’t a town hall, it’s a Trump klan rally #CNNTownhall
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) May 11, 2023
Team Trump got a big win tonight.
Millions of MAGATs got wet or got big stiffies watching the bogus “show”.
That happened because a purportedly neutral news network absolutely defenestrated its neutrality, fell twenty stories to the sidewalk, and splattered itself across the length and breadth of America to make a few bucks.
The stockholders may be happy, but Lady Liberty is crying into her sleeve. It’s a horrible day for America.
Is CNN now vying for the FOX mantle? Will they shift to a 24/7 AltFact format? They have now lost their brand as a serious news channel…
— technoglyf (@technoglyf) May 11, 2023
Olive Oil Prices Are Soaring—Here’s Why (Weather Channel, video, 0:47)
re: #133 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
re: #136 austin_blue
The mainstream US political media has thoroughly lost all claim to effectively being a 4th branch of government. Instead, they are mostly acting as a cog in the right wing death machine.
If the idea of truth being able to overcome lies in the marketplace of ideas is to work in practice, it will be essential to have at least one major US political media operation that is consistently devoted to telling the truth about Republicans.
So far, that’s not even being attempted.
re: #141 EPR-radar
Need any more evidence that the CCCP is all in for Trump?
re: #137 Captain Ron
Every time he posts, a whole lot of fragile conservatives come out to scold his coarse language. Snowflakes.
Networks like Fox News simply don’t work if Democrats refuse to play along. CNN would change course immediately if Democrats stopped doing segments. But, like, who am I kidding?
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) May 11, 2023
re: #143 Joe Bacon
Need any more evidence that the CCCP is all in for Trump?
To be more precise, they are all in for Republicans. That means they are all in for Trump as long as Trump is the GOP.
re: #139 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
That looks like my telephone bill.
re: #136 austin_blue
Team Trump got a big win tonight.
Millions of MAGATs got wet or got big stiffies watching the bogus “show”.
That happened because a purportedly neutral news network absolutely defenestrated its neutrality, fell twenty stories to the sidewalk, and splattered itself across the length and breadth of America to make a few bucks.
The stockholders may be happy, but Lady Liberty is crying into her sleeve. It’s a horrible day for America.
And their ratings will continue to slide. The Fox nuts will not switch to CNN. The non-nuts will see CNN as having sold their soul to the right-wing and will not watch them either.
The CNN lede that Trump was going to start acting like a serious political candidate did not age well and was farcical the moment they put it out there.
I just watched all of PBS’s documentary on Clarence and Ginni Thomas.
That union has fucked up American civil society for decades to come. And they are TRUE BELIEVERS, they think their path in life was chosen by God and that everything will be all right.
*spit*
I’m embarrassed to be an American.
Conservatives who like to smoke weed, part off-the-charts:
Republicans complain about the leftward push of culture, yet refuse to tear down the ladders that their enemies use to indoctrinate children.
— Libertarian Party (@LPNational) May 10, 2023
re: #139 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
The ‘SDG&E Electric Delivery’ line. Sheesh!
re: #151 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Literal clown honking noises are more coherent than this Libertarian drivel.
re: #152 immigrant
How else are the utilities going to pay for the wildfires caused by their transmission networks? God forbid the executives not be able to buy their 20th yachts.
re: #149 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And their ratings will continue to slide. The Fox nuts will not switch to CNN. The non-nuts will see CNN as having sold their soul to the right-wing and will not watch them either.
The CNN lede that Trump was going to start acting like a serious political candidate did not age well and was farcical the moment they put it out there.
They’re still flogging “the pivot”?
re: #153 EPR-radar
Literal clown honking noises are more coherent than this Libertarian drivel.
Memories of the Pitt Econ department in 1975 when a faction totally embraced libertarianism and there was a debate between disciples of Murray Rothbard’s Anarcho-Capitalists and John Hospers Minarchists. Rothbard saying that true justice can only be achieved using private tribunals scared the shit out of me…
After the CNN bullshit abdication of journalistic responsibility, a palate cleanser:
“What? I was just checking the wall” 😅 pic.twitter.com/qFv0HOqSTL
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 10, 2023
re: #149 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And their ratings will continue to slide. The Fox nuts will not switch to CNN. The non-nuts will see CNN as having sold their soul to the right-wing and will not watch them either.
The CNN lede that Trump was going to start acting like a serious political candidate did not age well and was farcical the moment they put it out there.
Well this is the thing, isn’t it?
There’s an old Texas Progressive trope that says “If you are running a Conservative Democrat against a Republican, the Republican will win every time.”
It’s true. It’s why CNN shot itself in the foot today.
Mindless marketing.
re: #146 EPR-radar
To be more precise, they are all in for Republicans. That means they are all in for Trump as long as Trump is the GOP.
They’re all in for pushing capitalism back into feudalism and will dance with anyone that helps that along.
Which, inversely, is exactly why the GOP is wagging their ass at Russia: all the shit they want is neofeudal and thus petrostate dictatorships are aspirational.
They don’t need to collude because they’re the same thing with only aesthetic distinctions.
re: #156 Joe Bacon
Memories of the Pitt Econ department in 1975 when a faction totally embraced libertarianism and there was a debate between disciples of Murray Rothbard’s Anarcho-Capitalists and John Hospers Minarchists. Rothbard saying that true justice can only be achieved using private tribunals scared the shit out of me…
Rothbard was the freak who thought it perfectly moral for a parent to let their infant die of starvation or other neglect, and that it would be ‘immoral’ for a state (or any other outside agency) to have laws against shit like that.
The man was an idiot.
re: #160 EPR-radar
Rothbard was the freak who thought it perfectly moral for a parent to let their infant die of starvation or other neglect, and that it would be ‘immoral’ for a state (or any other outside agency) to have laws against shit like that.
The man was an idiot.
Rothbard also was a hard core racist repeatedly stating that Blacks and Hispanics are inferior races.
NPR is hardly perfect but, this headline is the only sane one in the US tonight:
Trump continues lies about election and lashes out after N.Y. verdict in town hall
In his first media appearance since being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation to the tune of $5 million, former President Trump defensively lashed out once again, as he typically does when he disagrees with something or his back is against the wall politically.
“This woman — I don’t know her. I never met her. I have no idea who she is,” Trump claimed of the writer E. Jean Carroll, who brought the civil suit against him in New York, during a CNN town hall in New Hampshire.
Carroll accused Trump of raping her in the fitting room of an upscale Manhattan department store in the 1990s. A jury stopped short of saying it believed there was a preponderance of evidence to show rape occurred, but did say there was enough for battery and sexual abuse.
Clearly, the whopping sum awarded to Carroll has not cowed Trump, who mocked Carroll, referring to her as a “whack job.” Trump was seen in a picture with Carroll, one that came up in a taped deposition that was shown to the New York jury. Trump said Carroll was not his “type,” but when shown the photo, he confused Carroll for his second wife, Marla Maples.
re: #151 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Conservatives who like to smoke weed, part off-the-charts:
Scratch a Libertarian find a Nazi part 150,525,323
And adios dear lizards, have a lovely evening and sweet scaly dreams.
I had the early shift today in the Denver Airport Basement and just got off.
Ooh, that last bit sounded kind of dirty.
Sorry!
What the New Poll Favoring Trump Got Wrong and the Pundits Missed
Add ABC to CNN. They used a skewed poll and shady processes to get Trump to lead Biden. Bad journalism
re: #165 silverdolphin
What the New Poll Favoring Trump Got Wrong and the Pundits Missed
Add ABC to CNN. They used a skewed poll and shady processes to get Trump to lead Biden. Bad journalism
Bad journalism? Totally expected from Presstitutes!
— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) May 10, 2023
I was going to rant about my cow orkers. But then I realized it is a hurdle too high compared to the politics.
So, everyone have a great evening.
re: #169 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I was going to rant about my cow orkers. But then I realized it is a hurdle too high compared to the politics.
So, everyone have a great evening.
“Cow orkers”: a cross between pigs and cows.
And Kate needs to up her game as the new Bat
re: #170 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
“Cow orkers”: a cross between pigs and cows.
I was going with more ‘loud cows.’ But your interpretation works well, too.
Terrific article, and I hope her team wins.
Where to Find the Energy to Save the World
Jamie Beard is pouring everything into a singular vision: Tap into the awesome potential of geothermal power in Texas, and beyond. She has no time to lose.
wired.com
Gorgeous.
Tom Hegen’s Aerial Photos of Spanish Olive Groves Reveal Undulating Patterns and Deep Traditions
All tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings in our area have expired. A flash flood warning was issued for the South Platte River from the Colorado state line to the junction of the North Platte River. A flood watch is in effect from the Wyoming state line for the North Platte River.
Rain is light now, but will resume with heavy rain and severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
So a branch of photography I’ve wanted to learn for years is macro. It seems that I’m going to start learning how to do Macro photography finally :D
I Found a SCREAMING deal on a Micro Nikkor AI 55/3.5 & PK-13 1:1 extension tube on Eprey. I put it in the list for Friday payday. Then this morning I got an offer from the seller for 22% off. I offered back say the price was fine if he was willing to wait for me to pay on Friday payday. An hour later I get the notice from Eprey that I’ve agreed to buy the lens :D
Lens + extension tube - good for 1:1 reproduction:
Stupid cheap: $62 for both in Exquisite condition. As I said, I’ve been wanting to learn Macro for awhile. Now I have no excuse for up to 1:1 LOL! You’ll probably be getting some bug, flower, toy car & etc photos mixed in with my usual landscapes LOL!
The reason we’re getting stomped with severe weather.
National High/Low temps for Wednesday May 10, 2023: 106 at Rio Grande Village, TX; 14 at 14 miles west-southwest of Mackay, ID #txwx #idwx https://t.co/b9vl7CRDVJ
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) May 11, 2023
In a newly uncovered video, Danielle Smith lays out her detailed plan to sell off “any of the hundred hospitals” that are part of our public healthcare system.
Not only does she want Albertans to pay to see a doctor, she wants to privatize hospitals too. pic.twitter.com/wvWgSGWN2c— Alberta NDP (@albertaNDP) May 10, 2023
My son was telling me that the head of Discover/HBO/whatever is stating that, because of the writers strike, he’s planning on shutting down the Cartoon Network studios, and leaving the network to only run reruns.
He and I were both agreeing that too many wealthy people aren’t liking that the workers aren’t wanting to put up with shit wages and treatment anymore.
Saul’s unite! #wgastrong
Support our writers! pic.twitter.com/VdyElwh7C5— Mandy Patinkin (@PatinkinMandy) May 10, 2023
The FBI has rejected a request from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer to provide access to sensitive law enforcement materials that some congressional Republicans insist will reveal criminal activity involving Joe Biden from when he was VP. https://t.co/bbxvRX4EVi
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 11, 2023
The FBI responded in a letter Wednesday, with Christopher Dunham, the acting assistant director for congressional affairs, saying that while the FBI was committed to “beginning the constitutionally mandated accommodation process,” it was also bound by Justice Department policy, which “strictly limits when and how confidential human source information can be provided outside of the FBI.”
“Often, even confirming the fact of the existence (or nonexistence) of an investigation or a particular piece of investigative information can risk these serious harms,” Dunham wrote, adding that it was “standard practice” for law enforcement agencies to decline to confirm or deny such facts.
Comer blasted the FBI’s response.
My dad noticed my sticker on the truck today. It says “A Socialist is a Liberal Who Means It.”
His comment was “I’ll have to think about that.” He’s a good dem so I figure it’s just a matter of processing it ;)
I’ve learned how to remove a screw after a screw head breaks off at the ski company. I’m getting better!
It’s all about the pilot hole you drill. That’s the hardest part.
re: #181 Belafon
My son was telling me that the head of Discover/HBO/whatever is stating that, because of the writers strike, he’s planning on shutting down the Cartoon Network studios, and leaving the network to only run reruns.
He and I were both agreeing that too many wealthy people aren’t liking that the workers aren’t wanting to put up with shit wages and treatment anymore.
It’s more a case that the networks decided that one of the “costs” they could cut in moving to streaming services was paying their writers, insisting on paying them on the TV broadcast standard while they’re ordering new shows that have shorter seasons, fewer seasons, and releasing them in such a haphazard fashion that writers can’t even moonlight on other series without worrying that they’ll be out of the office when the new season starts.
Your healthcare on capitalism.
ProPublica continues their incredible work exposing the vile underbelly of health insurance companies. Received a denial? Ask for your claim file. https://t.co/LxUewoh2Wx
— Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) May 10, 2023
So basically CNN answered the question tonight of how Trump could avoid all the costs of holding one of his campaign rally.
Time for another semi-regular bit of advice from the fellow at your hotel’s front desk: If you’re just looking for a place to crash for a night or even just a few hours, don’t aim for anything higher than “has beds” on the advertising blurb. If the hotel’s bit on whatever site you’re looking at includes things like “full kitchens,” “pool & jacuzzi,” “hot breakfast,” or anything that sounds like it’s intended for people who are planning to stick around, then it’s probably out of your price range.
Eric would like you all to know that his chin is a woman. https://t.co/LmLrHXMLXh
— 🇨🇦Courtney Heard (she/her) (@godless_mom) May 11, 2023
re: #192 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Don’t you just love when assholes go on social media and try to convince you that their personal grooming preferences and what they find attractive in the opposite sex are both the “natural” way people should live?
re: #184 William Lewis
My dad noticed my sticker on the truck today. It says “A Socialist is a Liberal Who Means It.”
His comment was “I’ll have to think about that.” He’s a good dem so I figure it’s just a matter of processing it ;)
Yell your dad a Democrat is a Socialist who wants to get things done.
re: #193 Targetpractice
Don’t you just love when assholes go on social media and try to convince you that their personal grooming preferences and what they find attractive in the opposite sex are both the “natural” way people should live?
Plus said asshole keeps citing the same 1 Corinthians Bible verse to justify his statement.
If “nature” wanted men to have short hair, men couldn’t grow long hair. See every other critter in nature with short hair.
I think he’s jealous because he’s mostly bald.
re: #192 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
More proof Jesus was a woman.
re: #197 Belafon
More proof Jesus was a woman.
He’s making arguments in the thread that Jesus is depicted incorrectly and had short hair. (Never mind Jesus is described as a rabbi and would have followed Jewish law about hair.)
When called out on Sampson, he makes exceptions for him.
re: #199 jaunte
It could be worse — e.g., a full-head circle beard, which indeed looks just as revolting as you would think.
re: #200 retired cynic
gah… he’s not my type
He’s the sort if I see him walking down the street toward me, I cross the street.
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Womens rights are human rights. pic.twitter.com/1LGwArJcPJ
— Tori atheist (@ToriatheistTori) May 10, 2023
re: #191 Targetpractice
Time for another semi-regular bit of advice from the fellow at your hotel’s front desk: If you’re just looking for a place to crash for a night or even just a few hours, don’t aim for anything higher than “has beds” on the advertising blurb. If the hotel’s bit on whatever site you’re looking at includes things like “full kitchens,” “pool & jacuzzi,” “hot breakfast,” or anything that sounds like it’s intended for people who are planning to stick around, then it’s probably out of your price range.
Oy fuck yes. And if our place has a RESTAURANT in house please don’t be surprised when we don’t offer a free breakfast. They need to make their money - hint hint hint…
Yeah, as summer has been getting closer, that’s been getting bigger. Going over to Express will be nice in that respect. Shrug. Overnight makes it easier too.
re: #196 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Plus said asshole keeps citing the same 1 Corinthians Bible verse to justify his statement.
If “nature” wanted men to have short hair, men couldn’t grow long hair. See every other critter in nature with short hair.
I think he’s jealous because he’s mostly bald.
“Natural” is pretty much synonymous with “traditional” in these instances, the idea that your idealized look/life is what everybody should strive for rather than your personal preference. Sort of like how you hear incels will moan that “no women” want to fuck them, but when you actually listen for a bit you realize that “no women” is really short for “no women who meet my criteria of looks, personality, and IQ” want to fuck them.
re: #205 William Lewis
Oy fuck yes. And if our place has a RESTAURANT in house please don’t be surprised when we don’t offer a free breakfast. They need to make their money - hint hint hint…
Yeah, as summer has been getting closer, that’s been getting bigger. Going over to Express will be nice in that respect. Shrug. Overnight makes it easier too.
Yeah, one of the bits that still gets me was when we were sold from Marriott to a new chain, we were told that the breakfast bar would not be coming back and we were moving to a “grab and go” breakfast system of shelf-stable items along with fresh coffee.
The reasoning we were told? “They have kitchens in every room, so if they want a hot breakfast, they can cook it for themselves.” While I can’t argue with the logic, it doesn’t stop all the bitching from guests who think every hotel offers a continental breakfast as standard.
Not a drag queen.
This is a real insurance company.
Abuse and Molestation Liability Insurance (Goes to Ministry Insured)
No one likes to think about the possibility of a situation involving improper behavior or sexual misconduct against a parishioner, especially a minor. However, it is hard to escape the reality that these types of lawsuits are becoming more prevalent and more public.
With educational and financial resources being devoted to helping victims come forward there is ever increasing vigilance regarding this very sensitive issue. While churches are often among the first responders to offer compassion and counseling to victims and their families, they are also often at greater risk than other types of organizations, simply because of the large network of volunteers and the wide variety of activities that they sponsor for youth and children.
There is no other insurance policy or coverage that will protect an organization when a lawsuit for sexual misconduct is brought against it.
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Has a contact page for a quote if your church needs child molestation insurance.
re: #207 Targetpractice
Yeah, one of the bits that still gets me was when we were sold from Marriott to a new chain, we were told that the breakfast bar would not be coming back and we were moving to a “grab and go” breakfast system of shelf-stable items along with fresh coffee.
The reasoning we were told? “They have kitchens in every room, so if they want a hot breakfast, they can cook it for themselves.” While I can’t argue with the logic, it doesn’t stop all the bitching from guests who think every hotel offers a continental breakfast as standard.
Oh, crap, I can understand them expecting it there more than in my old place. The restaurant was a separate biz so they had to make their own numbers,.
re: #204 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It is funny to see how the fashion for glasses shifts over time. Now we’re apparently in a phase where glasses that look like two glass dinner plates are in style.
At least over at the express I’m going to, there’s a breakfast person every day. I don’t have to worry about it. No shoving receipts under doors either doors, thank god (99 rooms ;) )
re: #209 William Lewis
Oh, crap, I can understand them expecting it there more than in my old place. The restaurant was a separate biz so they had to make their own numbers,.
Yeah, the last place I worked did the same biz, adding a restaurant as part of the renovations to become a Four Points by Sheraton franchise location. Which inevitably led to more than one cheap asshole thinking that a “free breakfast” at the restaurant was part of the basic rental package and getting upset when told that if they wanted food they had to pay for it.
re: #207 Targetpractice
Yeah, one of the bits that still gets me was when we were sold from Marriott to a new chain, we were told that the breakfast bar would not be coming back and we were moving to a “grab and go” breakfast system of shelf-stable items along with fresh coffee.
The reasoning we were told? “They have kitchens in every room, so if they want a hot breakfast, they can cook it for themselves.” While I can’t argue with the logic, it doesn’t stop all the bitching from guests who think every hotel offers a continental breakfast as standard.
I don’t go to hotels to cook my own meals. I can do that at home.
re: #212 Targetpractice
Yeah, the last place I worked did the same biz, adding a restaurant as part of the renovations to become a Four Points by Sheraton franchise location. Which inevitably led to more than one cheap asshole thinking that a “free breakfast” at the restaurant was part of the basic rental package and getting upset when told that if they wanted food they had to pay for it.
Those fucks were always ones I enjoyed saying “I am very sorry sir, I’m not sure who misinformed you, but they are not part of our hotel so I can’t help you. They do serve off the menu, which is quite reasonable and very tasty.”
apologies if i scrolled too fast and these things have been addressed!
I am pretty darn high (i would like to think a better term might be ‘toasted’)
I just watched the CNN Town Hall start to finish.
Ho-leee shit.
Fat Donny from Queens (love them greasy coiffed ‘wings’) …
Naaah, i have to move on to other things, but HOLY SHIT.
re: #213 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t go to hotels to cook my own meals. I can do that at home.
Reason I say I can’t argue is because the people usually bitching are the fly-by-nighters who booked a long-term stay hotel which is geared towards people who are expecting to be in a location for weeks or months at a time but not permanently enough to sign a rental lease. We’re geared towards taking care of people who stop by in the morning to grab a muffin and fill up their coffee mug, not tourists who are here for a weekend and will spend most of their food money on fast food or delivery before heading home anyway.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, April 20, 2023
Some Republicans have suggested recently this data should be collected in the Census.
When, Where, How And If You Worship Is None Of The Government’s Business
In 1790, officials with the fledgling U.S. government proposed taking a census, in part to determine what sort of jobs people in America were doing. Initially, they wanted to include clergy.
James Madison took alarm. A government attempt to count the number of religious leaders could, he warned, lead to entanglement between church and state.
“As to those who are employed in teaching and inculcating the duties of religion, there may be some indelicacy in singling them out, as the general government is proscribed from interfering, in any manner whatever, in matters respecting religion; and it may be thought to do this, in ascertaining who are and who are not ministers of the gospel,” Madison told his colleagues in the House of Representatives.
No List Of ReligionsThat Madisonian spirit lived on, and the official U.S. Census has traditionally not asked Americans about their religious affiliation. A recent article on the website of the Pew Forum goes into some detail about this issue, noting that government officials have cited church-state separation as a reason not to question Americans about their faith or lack thereof.
“After public debate over the issue in the 1960s and ’70s, the Census Bureau’s director, Vincent P. Barabba, announced in April 1976 that there would be no question on religion in the upcoming 1980 census, on the grounds that ‘asking such a question in the decennial census, in which replies are mandatory, would appear to infringe upon the traditional separation of church and [s]tate,’” the article notes. “He added, ‘Regardless of whether this perception is legally sound, controversy on this very sensitive issue could affect public cooperation in the census and thus jeopardize the success of the census.’”
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re: #217 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, April 20, 2023
Some Republicans have suggested recently this data should be collected in the Census.
When, Where, How And If You Worship Is None Of The Government’s Business
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Republicans don’t want the government to know if you have a gun or how many, but they do want the government to know if you pray and who to.
re: #216 Targetpractice
Reason I say I can’t argue is because the people usually bitching are the fly-by-nighters who booked a long-term stay hotel which is geared towards people who are expecting to be in a location for weeks or months at a time but not permanently enough to sign a rental lease. We’re geared towards taking care of people who stop by in the morning to grab a muffin and fill up their coffee mug, not tourists who are here for a weekend and will spend most of their food money on fast food or delivery before heading home anyway.
Okay. So-called extended stay hotels or motels are a different market than typical hotels and motels.
I have stayed in one or two extended-stay motels, but they were right next door to restaurants so getting breakfast wasn’t a particular problem.
The thunderstorm risk for today has been increased again.
12:35am CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook Enhanced Risk: across parts of the central and southern Plains https://t.co/TgJgC6cQZw pic.twitter.com/yWo7hOOxTm
— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) May 11, 2023
Same bearded douchecanoe above.
The Gospel According to Eric Conn:
“But I tell you that any man who looks at a woman to lust after her should bitch incessantly on social media about how inappropriate her clothing is. Everything is always about your dick.” https://t.co/HLk4Ccr3vq— Dan McClellan (@maklelan) May 9, 2023
Found these on the ground in my neighborhood today and only recognized what they were thanks to @paulogia0
Guess they couldn’t afford to go to London so they littered here instead. I did my part and picked up the trash. pic.twitter.com/cUlESswDKr— Rain☔ (@RainLuthien) May 7, 2023
I sent an order to Switzerland today, dude ordered $250 worth of parts! I was amused. Springs and screws this dude ordered. Okay?
Dude has ordered from us six times prior.
It’s all good.
re: #223 teleskiguy
I sent an order to Switzerland today, dude ordered $250 worth of parts! I was amused. Springs and screws this dude ordered. Okay?
Dude has ordered from us six times prior.
It’s all good.
Is he trying to start his own ski repair company with you as the supplier?
dril posted a death threat he received from an account that also sent me the same death threat, feeling a real kinship with dril rn
— Shaun (@shaun_vids) May 10, 2023
Long thread (23 tweets) from Leah Remini reporting on Scientology obtaining defense discovery materials. In a *criminal case*.
2. In the rape trial of celebrity Scientologist Danny Masterson this morning, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office revealed that Scientology has covertly obtained a significant amount of criminal discovery materials.
— Leah Remini (@LeahRemini) May 11, 2023
The final tweet is a commentary on the same press which reported on every cough and sneeze at the Heard/Depp trial is nowhere to be found at the Danny Masterson rape trial.
re: #227 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Is that the Japanese version of The Lawrence Welk Show or something?
Motherfuck… I have a print of the Wright brother’s photo of their first flight.
Beautiful.
Tonight? CRASH. The bits are out, the rest are happy to take a No Matter What …
re: #226 mmmirele
Long thread (23 tweets) from Leah Remini reporting on Scientology obtaining defense discovery materials. In a *criminal case*.
The final tweet is a commentary on the same press which reported on every cough and sneeze at the Heard/Depp trial is nowhere to be found at the Danny Masterson rape trial.
Scientologists are already all over that thread smearing her and deflecting.
re: #221 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Acceptable occasions to wear yoga pants…
Alone in your house w/ your husband.
Working out alone in your private gym while your husband watches you.
The end.
No public venues. Not social media.
Now I have a personal fashion rule (one of my few hard-and-fast rules) that any form of training gear (including sweat pants) is only to worn when out actively training or at least on the way to or from.
(I had this rule long before Karl Lagerfeld made his famous comment about people who wear training gear)
But that is my personal choice, I am not about to impose it on anyone.
re: #228 Dr Lizardo
Is that the Japanese version of The Lawrence Welk Show or something?
Rarwence Werk
re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Rarwence Werk
Would probably be closer to Raarensu Ueruku
re: #234 IngisKahn
Would probably be closer to Raarensu Ueruku
My buddy once bought himself a Maruchi Tereku Kasetu Rekoda,
which was the Japanese Kanji reading of
Multi-Track Casette Recorder
re: #228 Dr Lizardo
It was one of a great many Japanese music shows. Music and musical variety and cabaret shows were quite the staple of Japanese TV.
@CNN is lost!
— Linda Kapinos 🟧 (@SuperfanTB12) May 11, 2023
Also Herschel Walker.
— @notimmediately@toad.social 💛🇺🇦🌻🐳 (@notimmediately) May 10, 2023
I’m glad to see people recognize, after far too long, that corporate “mainstream media” has, in general, no real credibility, no loyalty to America, and generally malign intentions.
Left, right, and center.— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) May 11, 2023
Kinda like the Supreme Court?
re: #241 Captain Ron
I’m glad to see people recognize, after far too long, that corporate “mainstream media” has, in general, no real credibility, no loyalty to America, and generally malign intentions.
They key word is “corporate”, and this is the very point: their job is to make money for stockholders, not display any loyalty to America, and its intentions, as long as their intentions are legal, they are irrelevant as long as they serve the goal of increasing profits.
“Thursday’s test is designed to check the quality of the missile to determine whether to begin the mass-production of the weapon in earnest.” https://t.co/JmxytIek9p
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) May 11, 2023
heh
BREAKING: Tucker Carlson is hit with bad news as new Twitter competitor Tribel announces that they just permanently banned Carlson from their growing social media app, declaring that, “Tribel has decided to permanently ban Tucker Carlson from our network because Mr. Carlson is a… pic.twitter.com/svAaoeKUwy
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) May 10, 2023
Is anyone else having trouble reaching some major websites?
I can’t get to google search (or any google stuff) and Twitter is taking forever to load.
Tucker Carlson joining Twitter: one of those rare examples of rats climbing onto a sinking ship.
The New York Times is trying to rehabilitate Kyrsten Sinema.
New York Times And Kyrsten Sinema Team Up For Whatever This Foul Sh*t Is (Wonkette, May 10, 2023)
The New York Times wasted valuable space recently on a puff piece for a narcissistic sociopath who has screwed over millions of people. No, I’m not talking about the Elizabeth Holmes profile, although that was pretty bad. I mean the Sunday Magazine feature on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of the Sinema Party: “Kyrsten Sinema’s Party Of One” (sounds like one of the many late ’90s knockoffs of “Sex and the City,” but this is one I don’t want to watch).
Sinema spent most of her first term refusing to speak with the press or even her own constituents. (Although pro-Sinema ads have run on Facebook that appeared as if they were from imaginary publication The Desert Recap.) Now she’s started chasing down media outlets like they’re speeding ambulances. This is a blatant attempt to improve her public image, which is awful, but not even the most flattering Vanity Fair-style coverage can help you when you say crap like this:
During our second meeting, at a coffee shop in Southeast Washington in March, she was running five minutes behind. Her scheduler, she explained, had earlier calculated one of the day’s drives as 10 minutes when it was in fact 15.
“So, to a regular person, this probably sounds insane,” Sinema said. “But I need those five minutes. I have something planned for those five minutes. I don’t waste five minutes. I know that is unusual. That is how I’ve always been.”
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re: #248 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The New York Times is trying to rehabilitate Kyrsten Sinema.
New York Times And Kyrsten Sinema Team Up For Whatever This Foul Sh*t Is (Wonkette, May 10, 2023)
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I find hilarious the suggestion that Sinema might join Manchin as one-half of the two-headed monster that could be a theoretical “No Labels” ballot next year. The only way I see that happening is if Manchin somehow fails to win the WV Dem primary next year, something that’s pretty unlikely despite how much many of the party would like to toss his wrinkled ass into a burning coal seam and then bury it behind him. And even then, just how much appeal do people feel that the two most transparently crooked “moderates” in the party would have outside of “independents” who hate Trump but can’t bear to tell the others at the country club that they voted for Biden?
So just a brief glimpse of the news indicates that the DJT Town Hall was just an exercise in ass-polishing and ensuring continued access on the part of CNN.
re: #74 I Would Prefer Not To
I still believe that when trumps brags about sexual assault it hurts him with women and younger voters. He’s going to lose in 2024. Not going to be easy, but if he gets the nom he will lose by a wider margin than last time. and Fuck trump.
He knows. Trump expects GOP state legislatures to reject Biden victories due to “voter fraud” and award their electors to him, no matter how badly he loses.
re: #199 jaunte
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Don’t take grooming advice from anyone who thinks this is a good look.
When I had an untrimmed beard and a short haircut I described it as my “terrorist look”. It was a combo that happened pretty rarely.
re: #252 No Malarkey!
He knows. Trump expects GOP state legislatures to reject Biden victories due to “voter fraud” and award their electors to him, no matter how badly he loses.
That has been their plan ever since Pence choked for them in the clutch.
re: #83 William Lewis
Only if he was targeted really.
Only in the sense that Russia’s entire war in Ukraine is a crime, so every killing Russia commits is a war crime.
re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So just a brief glimpse of the news indicates that the DJT Town Hall was just an exercise in ass-polishing and ensuring continued access on the part of CNN.
If it had been an actual “town hall,” with an audience chosen at random or at least from a local community, with a moderator who would have kept Trump on-topic and allowed follow-up questions, then it might have had a sliver of value.
Of course, we all know such an event would never have happened because as soon as Donny was told he wasn’t getting a fawning audience there to take turn licking his taint while the whole thing was “moderated” by a sock puppet masquerading as a reporter, he’d have backed out while screeching like a vampire exposed to the dawn light.
So meanwhile, from newsmax, it is the fault of a corrupt FBI for “withholding” evidence against Biden:
“Comer, Grassley Lambast FBI
for Withholding a Key Biden Doc”
So they are changing their tack to “it exists but the Corrupt Deep State won’t let us get to it”. Just like all the proof of massive 2020 voter fraud.
re: #257 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So meanwhile, from newsmax, it is the fault of a corrupt FBI for “withholding” evidence against Biden:
“Comer, Grassley Lambast FBI
for Withholding a Key Biden Doc”So they are changing their tack to “it exists but the Corrupt Deep State won’t let us get to it”. Just like all the proof of massive 2020 voter fraud.
Shades of the Great Penis Hunt of the 90s where there was always evidence that would provide the “smoking gun” that would finally crack the whole case wide open, but it was being withheld from them by [insert executive level department/agency] by orders of Bill and/or Hillary.
re: #183 Captain Ron
The GOP has to pretend that there is real evidence of Biden corruption, since they are running an adjudicated sexual assailant and indicted criminal defendant against him.
re: #259 No Malarkey!
The GOP has to pretend that there is real evidence of Biden corruption, since they are running an adjudicated sexual assailant and indicted criminal defendant against him.
They need the tactical end-run of “he didn’t do it and if he did, then everybody else does it too!”
re: #184 William Lewis
My dad noticed my sticker on the truck today. It says “A Socialist is a Liberal Who Means It.”
His comment was “I’ll have to think about that.” He’s a good dem so I figure it’s just a matter of processing it ;)
Republicans scream “socialism” at anything that redistributes some of the wealth billionaires extract from the economy toward the public good, but that is just social democracy, which exists in all democracies with a capitalist economic system. “Socialism” is an economic system in which the state owns and operates the means of production, and the GOP wants to confuse the issue so that anything like Medicaid expansion inevitably leads to economic totalitarianism.
re: #261 No Malarkey!
Republicans scream “socialism” at anything that redistributes some of the wealth billionaires extract from the economy toward the public good, but that is just social democracy, which exists in all democracies with a capitalist economic system. “Socialism” is an economic system in which the state owns and operates the means of production, and the GOP wants to confuse the issue so that anything like Medicaid expansion inevitably leads to economic totalitarianism.
More properly, the workers own the means of production.
So a farmers’ co-op is a socialistic entity.
The state can stand in for “workers” in the sense you can elect state officials. Thus my state’s electric utilities are socialistic entities, because the voters can remove the boards in elections and run someone else for the positions.
Remember: according to Hayek, anything that distracts us from achieving the Capitalist ideal of the completely unregulated Free Market puts us on the Road to Serfdom.
Pictured: Toronto
God is going to punish the State of California, apparently pic.twitter.com/fc5WlYUWA4
— r/religiousfruitcake (@rreligiousfrui1) May 10, 2023
Got trapped in the spiral and took the bogey. Blaming the putter.
After the fight to get MrsTarH’s CTA scan OK’d, had to battle again to get the increased dosage for the medicine to fight her PBA approved. Just ridiculous the hoops you have to jump through to receive doctor-authorized health care.
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LB574 is the gender-affirming care hate bill.
The final reading debate over the bill banning gender-affirming care is expected to include talk of an amendment banning abortion after ~12 weeks in Nebraska. https://t.co/l6pxXAMdPD
— Chris Dunker (@ChrisDunkerLJS) May 10, 2023
Republicans are attempting to attach the failed abortion ban bill to it as an ornament on a Christmas Tree bill. If that is successful, that means LB574 has to start the whole process over again (committees, readings, &c).
Democrats and independents in the Unicameral believe if the bill comes to a vote as-is it will be defeated.
KETV, Omaha, May 10, 2023
They would rather tear their own families apart than have a school library. Very New Testament-like.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. —
People packed the room of a Plattsmouth School District Board meeting Monday voicing support and opposition to a controversial book removal policy.
The high school librarian tells KETV she’s leaving the district because of the policy. The board approved her resignation Monday night.
“I made the difficult decision to leave the district following the events of the last board meeting when the book ‘reviews’ began,” Librarian Christine Knust wrote.
She spoke against the policy at the meeting.
“Why is one person’s belief system more important than others? What will happen next if you accomplish your mission?” Knust said.
Terri Cunningham-Swanson is the Plattsmouth School Board member who crafted the book removal policy.
At the meeting, her own son, D’Shaun Cunningham faced her directly and spoke against it.
“She’s made statements about being against critical race theory, which can be interpreted as also Black history. She has four Black children, myself included. What these bans encourage is a lack of civility. So even within my family, there’s been breakdowns in communication but that’s what the nation is going through,” Cunningham said.
Cunningham-Swanson’s website indicates she’s protecting kids from indoctrination.
Students feel she’s doing the opposite.
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Plattsmouth High School librarian resigns over controversial book policy
“51 books are under review and a dozen have already been pulled from the shelves.”
The California state lotteries are pari-mutuel for draw games.
Sometimes that works in favor of a winner… and sometimes it does not.
Previous draw (8 May) someone got all five white balls and won $3.2M. That is much more than the other states which pay out flat $1M (or $2M for those states with the extra multiplier purchase of $1 per play.)
Last night someone won the 5 white ball pot also. Alas, with only one night of purchases to put into that pot the winner did quite poorly for a win where the odds are 1 in 11,688,054 :
Note the person who won the 4wb + pb line did pretty well (typically other states this would be $10k.)
Me: I won $4. Sigh.
re: #269 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
But that’s still $4. YOU WON THE LOTTO!
re: #268 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
“Slaughterhouse-Five”- Kurt Vonnegut
That’s been a favorite of book bans since it came out.
re: #270 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And I’d bet none of them are required reading in any class.
One isn’t even carried in their library system.
A parent needs to challenge the Bible. Start reading some of the cruel passages from it. The spicy passages. Let the board squirm.
The Utah legislator who was whinging over parents challenging the Bible in one school in that state was tap-dancing all over the place to try to explain “that’s different.”
Nope. Every time one of these ridiculous book bans (and they are driven by Christians) comes up, throw their book in their face. It depicts monstrous behaviour. Make them own it.
re: #267 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
One man who’s not from Plattsmouth says he came to support Cunningham-Swanson because she’s a friend.
He says he’s not even sure what the books are about. (my emphasis)
“I actually am not very familiar with the content at all,” Todd Shannon said. “No sane person believes that children should be able to read everything, or watch, or view everything. So we’re just trying to figure out where’s the line.”
The meeting was standing room only Monday. Sixteen people spoke out against the policy, including five students. Seven spoke in favor of it, none of them were students.
re: #272 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
That’s been a favorite of book bans since it came out.
Late 60s avant-garde literature. Characters from questionable professions treated as actual people. Anti-war sentiments and “patriots” poked fun at. And a main character having sex outside of their marriage. And to a degree I think Vonnegut was trying to rile people up since it was something he did in his works much like Harlan Ellison did.
I did a major kick of reading Vonnegut right around when I graduated high school. Probably something I should do again since I expect an additional 40 years of life experiences would bring a much different perspective to the reading.
In Gretna, Nebr. (suburb of Omaha), the school superintendent has tendered his resignation.
His issue was the school board recently adopted a policy prohibiting teachers or staff from using a student’s preferred pronouns.
Previously there was a recall attempt on three board members due to lack-of-transparency of the board and questionable expenditures. The recall failed to gather sufficient signatures to trigger a special election.
re: #277 IngisKahn
The ones that look like penii?
re: #277 IngisKahn
So, tell me again where the Chinese character for “heart” comes from…
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It’s sometimes translated as “heart-mind” in Japanese. These oracle bone examples make me think it could also be “dick-head.”
(Love seeing the evolution of characters and the different styles that have emerged over the years.)
re: #275 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Late 60s avant-garde literature. Characters from questionable professions treated as actual people. Anti-war sentiments and “patriots” poked fun at. And a main character having sex outside of their marriage. And to a degree I think Vonnegut was trying to rile people up since it was something he did in his works much like Harlan Ellison did.
I did a major kick of reading Vonnegut right around when I graduated high school. Probably something I should do again since I expect an additional 40 years of life experiences would bring a much different perspective to the reading.
I recently re-read Cat’s Cradle. It is just so pleasing to the eye and even to the ear when you read it out loud.
re: #270 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And I’d bet none of them are required reading in any class.
That’s not the point. Christians don’t want to control just their children, they want to control your children as well. And not just your children, everyone else as well.
Hey @SarahKSilverman, what do you think of this? https://t.co/Zj06GtTruZ
— Christian Nightmares (@ChristnNitemare) May 10, 2023
re: #281 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That’s not the point. Christians don’t want to control just their children, they want to control your children as well. And not just your children, everyone else as well.
I’m aware that the point is to try control and prevent other people from reading books they personally do not like. (Or more accurately were told by others not to like since it’s pretty obvious they have never read any of the works themselves.)
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Hurry up! You only have until July 2!
Win a FREE Flamethrower or AR15! pic.twitter.com/z6n8jjvxE9
— Grace Baptist Church (@realgbctroyny) April 24, 2023
re: #192 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Like that Jesus hippie.
It’s simple, folks.
Do you want four more years of that?
If you don’t, pitch in to our campaign.https://t.co/EwCflbYn22— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 11, 2023
The Wordle is out there somewhere. Waiting. It knows.
The fifty-fifty was kind.
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NPR… Why. This is literally what the Republicans are going to say about this. Why are we using their framing?
And, let’s be clear, Trump and the noxious lies he spews perpetually is the actual problem, so let’s perhaps focus on that. He’s shameless but we don’t have to make him blameless.
A thread: As I said before, this was an impossible stage. But there were a few key moments where @CNN could have taken back the con from Trump, even tho his cavalcade of lies made it very difficult and the audience was gamed in his favor. Here’s my quick thoughts as an… https://t.co/ZCaBaiHST5 pic.twitter.com/TvvWtyZdlf
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) May 11, 2023
re: #287 Nerdy Fish
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There is simply no way CNN can feign ignorance about the fact that they set up a sexual assault victim to be targeted and attacked on national television a day after the verdict.
People were sounding the alarm about this exact scenario. They let it happen anyway without a plan.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 11, 2023
Trump went on CNN & lied for 60 minutes straight without any pushback
Marjorie Taylor Greene went on 60 Minutes & lied for 60 mins straight without any pushback
RFK Jr went on ABC & lied the whole time without any pushback
The media fucked us over in 2016 & are doing it again— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 11, 2023
The GOP are going to declare “massive voter fraud” in 2024 and throw out millions of legitimate votes without pushback, handing the election to DJT.
They will then crack down on any form of protest against the EC results with extreme violence and zero tolerance without pushback.
We are so fucked.
ok, a town hall
ok, a republican town hall
ok, a republican primary town hall
still
there were no republicans with differing opinions
cnn made it appear that every republican agreed with and supported tfg
so this is what not succeeding at selling your brand for ratings looks like
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If you can’t see what it depicts:
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re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump will Pardon all violent backers after he is President again in real time.
He will pretty much have his own grass-roots and police-filled Gestapo.
@CNN @CnnTown @CNNPolitics “What was shown on T.V. tonight was nothing better than the return to a crime scene by the accused to re-enact his crimes. The cherry picked Townies showed up to listen about the crimes committed and witness the criminal acts reverberate with an…
— b0bbi evans (@holymackere) May 11, 2023
CNN beclowned themselves. But they have to attempt to cover for their own.
cnn is now fox
i’ll treat them the same
no cable in our house so no cnn
i havent watched cnn or fox in years
i check their website sometimes when a major event is just unfolding
then find a more reliable and palatable source asap
i will continue to not watch cnn or fox for years
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re: #298 Florida Panhandler
Trump will Pardon all violent backers after he is President again in real time.
He will pretty much have his own grass-roots and police-filled Gestapo.
this is not 2016
and i know all the caveats, warnings, and cautions
tfg will not be president again
I still recall watching CNN in 2015 (my relatives were over, I generally never watch it) and DJT was on, boasting about how exciting his rallies were while people were falling asleep at Jeb! Bush rallies.
15 minutes later, CNN aired an interview with a woman who says she fell asleep attending a Jeb! rally. They wasted no time crawling up DJT’s ass to gain his favor.
re: #303 Dangerman
this is not 2016
and i know all the caveats, warnings, and cautions
tfg will not be president again
He will most likely lose the popular vote again, but that means nothing in the topsy-turvy world of the Pre-Apocalyptic American Late-Stage Capitalist Republic of America.
re: #303 Dangerman
this is not 2016
and i know all the caveats, warnings, and cautions
tfg will not be president again
A big problem is that Trump successfully creates his own demo that also includes previously unreachable segments of society- …mainly misogynistic and gay-hating Black and Latino men who also feel enough guile to play the dangerous social ladder game.
While this segment is not big enough to win minority districts outright it is big enough to tip broader election into the hands of a self-serving monster who intends to murder mass numbers of people next time he is President.
How it started:
Tonight’s town hall with former President Trump, his first appearance on CNN since the 2016 election, joins a list of other signs that he is adopting a more traditional campaign in his third White House run and comes as he faces several legal hurdles. https://t.co/YA8OfXOHEx
— CNN (@CNN) May 10, 2023
How it ended:
Congrats @CNN - when you get *POLITICO* of all outlets (!) to call what you did last night a “shitshow” you’ve really accomplished something. pic.twitter.com/zI3Eh46qsK
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) May 11, 2023
“Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers to let the United States default on its debt if Democrats don’t agree to spending cuts,” CNBC reports.Said Trump: “I say to the Republicans out there — congressmen, senators — if they don’t give you massive cuts, you’re going to have to do a default.”
He added: “I think the Democrats will absolutely cave, will absolutely cave because you don’t want to have that happen. But it’s better than what we’re doing right now because we’re spending money like drunken sailors.”
“we’re” not
you blew the deficit
- by almost $8bn
- about the third-biggest increase, relative to the size of the economy, of any admin
- granted some was covid
“we” meaning “now” means the biden admin and they are reining it in
i know, why bother pointing out that every word he speaks is a lie?
Wow! CNN, THIS IS YOUR NEW STAR??
How did we miss this????@kaitlancollins (working for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller) demonised George Soros for funding “Black Lives Matter’s fight for social justice”)
Said the “Democratic Party needed to answer for their support” pic.twitter.com/cKbPuOsqsX— T. Fisher King 😉 (@T_FisherKing) May 11, 2023
re: #305 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He will most likely lose the popular vote again, but that means nothing in the topsy-turvy world of the Pre-Apocalyptic American Late-Stage Capitalist Republic of America.
i know as a country we shouldnt even be this close
but there’s far more to it than just ‘declaring’ that a million votes are voided
re: #307 lawhawk
They laughed when he called Collins “nasty” and questioned whether she understood what she was talking about.
posted here, biden did this with a reporter yesterday (re the House R’s ‘budget’).
he did it with candor, accuracy and not a hint of nastiness
re: #310 Dangerman
i know as a country we shouldnt even be this close
but there’s far more to it than just ‘declaring’ that a million votes are voided
I understand what Wendell is going for; the Republicans are going all-in on trying to put people, and laws, in place to enable them to just straight-up ignore the will of the people and declare themselves winners of elections. The problem: People are noticing. Even Republican voters are starting to go, “Hey, wait, hold up a sec. You want to do what now?” Only the hardcore conspiracy believers, the ones who are out there posting on Qanon 4chan boards and wearing tinfoil hats in their mothers’ basements, are looking on these things with approval. Yes, things look bad, and yes, we need to be vigilant and keep shining a light on the GQP’s massive attack on democracy, but it’s not hopeless. We’re not out of this fight yet.
re: #294 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP are going to declare “massive voter fraud” in 2024 and throw out millions of legitimate votes without pushback, handing the election to DJT.
They will then crack down on any form of protest against the EC results with extreme violence and zero tolerance without pushback.
We are so fucked.
I don’t think this will happen. Election deniers lost in 2022 at the state level. Even in places like GA and AZ sanity prevailed. In which states that Biden needs, are enough crazies in control?
re: #313 Nerdy Fish
I understand what Wendell is going for; the Republicans are going all-in on trying to put people, and laws, in place to enable them to just straight-up ignore the will of the people and declare themselves winners of elections. The problem: People are noticing. Even Republican voters are starting to go, “Hey, wait, hold up a sec. You want to do what now?” Only the hardcore conspiracy believers, the ones who are out there posting on Qanon 4chan boards and wearing tinfoil hats in their mothers’ basements, are looking on these things with approval. Yes, things look bad, and yes, we need to be vigilant and keep shining a light on the GQP’s massive attack on democracy, but it’s not hopeless. We’re not out of this fight yet.
well said
as with many other things those people ‘believe’, the actual mechanisms for doing any of this are far more complex than they understand
re: #310 Dangerman
i know as a country we shouldnt even be this close
but there’s far more to it than just ‘declaring’ that a million votes are voided
States’ Rights and competencies under the Constitution.
re: #313 Nerdy Fish
Yes, things look bad, and yes, we need to be vigilant and keep shining a light on the GQP’s massive attack on democracy, but it’s not hopeless. We’re not out of this fight yet.
It is far from hopeless, but if we let them railroad us, we will be fucked. And there will be riots one way or another. They know that chaos and misinformation favor their cause.
re: #314 JC1
I don’t think this will happen. Election deniers lost in 2022 at the state level. Even in places like GA and AZ sanity prevailed. In which states that Biden needs, are enough crazies in control?
even if the crazies are ‘in control’ of some position w/r/t the election there are no fiats or dictats
each brazen attempt will end up in a court somewhere
re: #317 Dave In Austin
Fake tweet
No Gov.checkmark and the user name is a hyperlink
I clicked on the tweet’s timestamp and it showed up in Twitter under her timeline.
re: #320 Nerdy Fish
Refresh. I found it.
Too early in the morning
re: #317 Dave In Austin
Fake tweet
No Gov.checkmark and the user name is a hyperlink
yeah, im not that careful in my reading
sentiment still holds
re: #319 Dangerman
even if the crazies are ‘in control’ of some position w/r/t the election there are no fiats or dictats
each brazen attempt will end up in a court somewhere
and it will wind up in…The Supreme Court…where the Eldritch Horrors arisen of the Swamp of Corruption will have their final say on the matter.
re: #324 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and it will wind up in…The Supreme Court…where the Eldritch Horrors arisen of the Swamp of Corruption will have their final say on the matter.
Even the Calvinball Court has shown a distinct reluctance to just throw everything to the crazies. North Carolina’s craven decision to allow partisan gerrymandering may have removed the “independent state legislature” doctrine from the Court’s consideration, but indications were that only the hardcore nutjobs Thomas and Alito really gave any serious credence to the idea. As much as we drag the Calvinball Court for their callous jurisprudence, they have, except in areas of religious liberty, made some surprisingly reasonable judgments.
re: #324 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
and it will wind up in…The Supreme Court…where the Eldritch Horrors arisen of the Swamp of Corruption will have their final say on the matter.
it wont be one case with one simple and clearcut decision affecting one district tossing out only ‘those’ votes so we win, ta-da.
it’ll be 50 or more cases
with 50 different sets of facts, principles, parties and issues
and they will be have to be oh so careful with each ‘decision’ because each will impact every election district in the country whether they were part of the case or not
this will not be easy for them and i hate that we’re here
re: #311 GlutenFreeJesus
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It should be becoming clear that in reality, there really are no competent traditional “News’ TV media outlets anymore in the US. They have evolved into self-serving companies that exist as either vanity/ideology-promotion loudspeakers for Billionaire owners or purely money-making entities intent on financial success no matter what monster is in control of the US Government.
re: #326 Dangerman
this will not be easy for them and i hate that we’re here
There should be no question on the outcome of an election where one side wins by seven million votes.
Rumor has it she is getting Lemon’s spot.
For over an hour on Wednesday night, CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins conducted a difficult town hall during which her combative guest, former president Donald Trump, pushed his own agenda and called her a “nasty person.” And yet, Collins might emerge as the real winner of the highly debated event.
On Thursday, co-founder and senior correspondent of digital media company Puck Dylan Byers tweeted the unconfirmed “scoop” that CNN CEO Chris Licht is planning to offer Collins “a new contract to serve as the host of the network’s 9 p.m. primetime hour.” According to Byers, the move “could be announced as early as next week.”
CNN has not confirmed the announcement, which remains speculation. Newsweek has reached out to the company’s press team for comment by email.
re: #333 Dangerman
You just nailed the GOP target audience.
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Donald Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard to protect the Capitol prior to or on Jan 6. Listen to the testimony of his own secretary of defense. No matter how many times Trump lies about this the facts won’t change. He is unfit for any office. https://t.co/brCDaKg4Zy
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) May 11, 2023
After last night’s CNN spewage, it’s clear that the GOP and Trump supporters are exactly as I described. They are a misogynistic white nationalist party cheering on Trump’s defamatory and criminal conduct, because they think that makes them feel better about their lives.
— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) May 11, 2023
re: #337 Dangerman
every word that spewed from his mouth was so easy to refute
and she didnt
couldnt
wasnt prepared enough - for any and all eventualities
or she and cnn knew and just didnt care that he was going to lie (as in speak)
re: #339 Dangerman
every word that spewed from his mouth was so easy to refute
and she didnt
couldnt
wasnt prepared enough - for any and all eventualities
or she and cnn knew and just didnt care that he was going to lie (as in speak)
the latter, as CNN does not want to lose access to their biggest ratings draw
re: #339 Dangerman
every word that spewed from his mouth was so easy to refute
and she didnt
couldntwouldn’t
wasnt prepared enough - for any and all eventualities
or she and cnn knew and just didnt care that he was going to lie (as in speak)
The horse race is all that matters
One reminder for last night: when Trump’s audience was giggling and clapping as he joked about sexual assault and threw out his various races tropes, it’s proof that Trump’s real superpower with his base is that he allows them to be their very worst selves without guilt or shame.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 11, 2023
no one could have foreseen that Donald Trump would lie his fucking face off about every single fucking thing. and by no one, I mean everyone. come the fuck on, end this charade
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 11, 2023
re: #265 TarHellion
Got trapped in the spiral and took the bogey. Blaming the putter.
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Better statement: “Kaitlyn had an impossible job, whiffed on some major points where she failed to follow up (namely infanticide) and tried to wrangle Trump, often without success. She allowed a victim of sexual assault to be disparaged and mocked by Trump and an unruly crowd.… https://t.co/4tbHb7LiRS
— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) May 11, 2023
A few weeks ago I started following @narcissistfacts.
As I watched the @CNN town hall tonight I applied 2 weeks of these “facts” to what I was watching.
I’m not an expert, but it sure seems I saw an extreme narcissist who is horrible for our country.
(Recommended follow) https://t.co/kTbQYTjDKb— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 11, 2023
Even now, CNN hosts and personalities are trying to spin this as somehow newsworthy and noteworthy to host a Trump town hall where he was surrounded by his bigot brigade base.
No. It’s essentially broadcasting the Nazi rally at MSG in 1939. https://t.co/EHc9k3tYk8— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) May 11, 2023
White replacement conspiracy theories are all the rage among GOPers, and that includes members of GOP caucus in Congress.
It’s who the GOP are. The crowd lapped up all of the hateful rhetoric and cheered on Trump.
CNN aided and abetted by airing this crap.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) May 11, 2023
re: #272 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
That’s been a favorite of book bans since it came out.
Ah yes…Memories of the Young Americans for Freedom President in my high school who took Slaughterhouse Five out of the high school library, went outside and burned it in the name of Jay-Zuss as fellow Nixon supporters cheered.
This was in 1973…
re: #344 darthstar
And the Russians are freaking out about that, too.
re: #342 Colère Tueur de Lapin
The horse race is all that matters
And this wasn’t a Trump pivot into being a traditional candidate either.
Or even a CNN pivot into being a lickspittle for the GOP since they were already there.
When even Fox News can see your allegations are just a bunch of hot air.
Wow! Steve Doocy to James Comer this morning: “You don’t actually have any facts to that point. You’ve got some circumstantial evidence. And the other thing is, of all those names, the one person who didn’t profit — there’s no evidence that Joe Biden did anything illegally.” pic.twitter.com/Ad8L3NSXWE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2023
re: #353 No Malarkey!
Wont stop the same media outlets - from CNN and NBC News to Fox to spew headlines that GOP claims Biden did something… and it’s all designed to ding Biden to elevate Trump’s chances.
Mind you, everything accused of Biden by GOP is something Trump actually did - the self dealing, the emoluments, the nepotism, the billions steered towards Trump family enterprises, etc.
They’re desperate for a horse race and ratings so much so that they’ll torch democracy and enable a twice impeached indicted criminal sex offender to run for the WH again.
Of course he does.
Now for his encore waiting for him to bring Trump’s Butt-Buddy General Michael Flynn on to spread 75 minutes of QAsshole shit.
CNN boss defends having rabid MAGA audience cheer Trump on during town hall
CNN boss Chris Licht on Thursday morning was defiant in the face of criticism from even some of his own reporters over the network’s falsehood-filled town hall with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
As reported by media journalist Brian Stelter, Licht held a conference call with CNN’s staff on Thursday morning in which he defended the decision to pack the town hall audience with hardcore Trump supporters who cheered him on when he mocked the woman whom a grand jury found that he likely sexually abused.
“While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story,” said Licht, who argued Trump supporters represent “a large swath of America.”
Licht also praised moderator Kaitlan Collins for trying her best to fact check the former president in real time when he spouted lies about the 2020 presidential election being “stolen” from him.
FUCK YOU CHRIS LICHT! FUCK YOU AND FUCK CNN!
re: #355 Joe Bacon
“While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story,” said Licht, who argued Trump supporters represent “a large swath of America.”
Except they don’t. His crazy idiots are a shrinking minority, but more importantly, we should not be giving them air time. They are domestic terrorists, unhinged loons who seek to destroy democracy so that they and only they get to have all the power. Enabling them only makes them more dangerous.
re: #356 Nerdy Fish
Except they don’t. His crazy idiots are a shrinking minority, but more importantly, we should not be giving them air time. They are domestic terrorists, unhinged loons who seek to destroy democracy so that they and only they get to have all the power. Enabling them only makes them more dangerous.
As I noted above, the horse race is what gets clicks and revenue — truth Be Damned
Good news, everyone! hopefully
Turkish opposition candidate Muharrem İnce announced Thursday he was pulling out of the presidential race, in a surprise move just three days before the election.
İnce’s withdrawal is set to benefit the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who is currently neck and neck with longtime President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the polls — and it could even allow Kılıçdaroğlu to claim outright victory in the first round.
“I’m withdrawing from the race. I am doing this for my homeland,” İnce said at a press conference, according to Bloomberg. Earlier Thursday, the Ankara public prosecutor’s office said it was opening an investigation after a sex tape allegedly showing İnce surfaced on social media.
İnce denied the authenticity of the footage late Wednesday, saying the video was “fake” and part of a “conspiracy.”
İnce, who is currently polling around 2 percent according to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls, has been diverting votes from the main opposition candidate, Kılıçdaroğlu, who is supported by a six-party coalition uniting parties from left and right against Erdoğan.
With İnce dropping out, that 2% that were gonna vote for him might - with any luck - decide to throw it to Kılıçdaroğlu and that could be sufficient for Kılıçdaroğlu to win outright, negating a second round.
re: #348 Dangerman
it is a known fact that stupid people often wildly overestimate their skills at doing pretty much anything. and this really pretty much sums up an enormous part of Trump’s appeal to his base. They are mostly stupid people who believe the reason they are stuck in the assistant management position is because their overwhelming talent is being held back by some n***** who got the management slot through affirmative action, and not because they personally aren’t smart enough to learn a second language or make store environment suggestions, like changing tables in men’s rooms, etc., that demonstrate they are ready to make money for the company in a changing, complex world.
Asked during the town hall whether he showed the classified documents to anyone at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said, “Not really”
Paging Mr smith, Mr jack smith….
re: #353 No Malarkey!
When even Fox News can see your allegations are just a bunch of hot air.
When even Oliver Darcy, CNN can see your allegations are just a bunch of hot air:
eta: yes i know they werent referring to the same story
May 10 2023 will be the date that CNN officially died as a credible source of information.
re: #368 nines09
May 10 2023 will be the date that CNN officially died as a credible source of information.
Memories of watching the first day of CNN when they showed what they really were. After the opening remarks by Ted Turner they gave endless coverage of the shooting of Vernon Jordan and they went all in playing the race card emphasizing he was in the same motel room with a white woman.
For me that tainted CNN right from the start.
re: #363 steve_davis
it is a known fact that stupid people often wildly overestimate their skills at doing pretty much anything. and this really pretty much sums up an enormous part of Trump’s appeal to his base. They are mostly stupid people who believe the reason they are stuck in the assistant management position is because their overwhelming talent is being held back by some n***** who got the management slot through affirmative action, and not because they personally aren’t smart enough to learn a second language or make store environment suggestions, like changing tables in men’s rooms, etc., that demonstrate they are ready to make money for the company in a changing, complex world.
I had no idea you were friends with my cousins, LOL.
re: #355 Joe Bacon
“While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story,” said Licht, who argued Trump supporters represent “a large swath of America.”
Except they fucking don’t. They actually represent a small (but VERY loud) portion of America. Surveys repeatedly find that over 60% of the country doesn’t like these assholes.
re: #265 TarHellion
Got trapped in the spiral and took the bogey. Blaming the putter.
After the fight to get MrsTarH’s CTA scan OK’d, had to battle again to get the increased dosage for the medicine to fight her PBA approved. Just ridiculous the hoops you have to jump through to receive doctor-authorized health care.
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Except they fucking don’t. They actually represent a small (but VERY loud) portion of America. Surveys repeatedly find that over 60% of the country doesn’t like these assholes.
Guess that depends on how you define “large swath”. I’d say even if he only had 30% support that could still be considered a large swath of the country.
re: #373 danarchy
Guess that depends on how you define “large swath”. I’d say even if he only had 30% support that could still be considered a large swath of the country.
And I’m sure that’s what he’s saying, but my God, do we really need to pander to the 30%? Especially when it’s comprised of loud-mouthed “fuck your feelings” assholes who have explicitly indicated that they want to kill people who aren’t like them?
re: #373 danarchy
Guess that depends on how you define “large swath”. I’d say even if he only had 30% support that could still be considered a large swath of the country.
large swath = a market we’d like to tap
“The event was a disaster for the reason that all of Trump’s live events are problematic: It’s much easier to spew lies on live television than it is for anyone to push back against them. Live coverage privileges the liar, no matter how nimble the interviewer.”“But it all happened because CNN wanted a show. And they sure got one. No one should pretend it was some kind of public service.”
re: #369 Joe Bacon
Nelson Minow once said:
Broadcasting to serve the public interest, must have a soul and a conscience, a burning desire to excel, as well as to sell; the urge to build the character, citizenship, and intellectual stature of people, as well as to expand the gross national product. …By no means do I imply that broadcasters disregard the public interest. …But a much better job can be done, and should be done.
Television and all who participate in it are jointly accountable to the American public for respect for the special needs of children, for community responsibility, for the advancement of education and culture, for the acceptability of the program materials chosen, for decency and decorum in production, and for propriety in advertising. This responsibility cannot be discharged by any given group of programs, but can be discharged only through the highest standards of respect for the American home, applied to every moment of every program presented by television.
Program materials should enlarge the horizons of the viewer, provide him with wholesome entertainment, afford helpful stimulation, and remind him of the responsibilities which the citizen has towards his society.
But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.
He had no idea how far it would fall and what guise it would wear.
I did not watch. I only saw the responses of others.
I will not engage CNN as a source of anything.
bbl
Uh oh!
QAnon Conspiracist Mike Flynn Is Suing Another Conspiracist Who Claims He Invented QAnon
Disgraced former national security advisor Michael Flynn loves a conspiracy theory—except when it’s about him.
Flynn, who has boosted countless conspiracies over the last two years, from claiming Italian military satellites helped steal the 2020 election to claiming COVID was a hoax perpetrated by the “global elite,” filed a lawsuit last week against a man who has spent the same time repeatedly and consistently accusing Flynn of being Q.
Jim Stewartson, who previously worked in developing alternate reality games, has attained a level of notoriety online for his wild accusations about Flynn being part of a Kremlin-funded psyop to destroy U.S. democracy.
“Mike Flynn, the worst traitor in history who stole 2016, created Q, planned the insurrection,” Stewartson tweeted on Wednesday, repeating conspiracies he has posted obsessively for over two years.
Stewartson has, as usual, failed to produce any convincing evidence to back up his claims, which have been debunked and dismissed by journalists and researchers who closely track the development of QAnon.
Last month, the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism said it “has found no evidence to support” Stewartson’s claims about Flynn’s role in developing QAnon.
“While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story,” said Licht, who argued Trump supporters represent “a large swath of America.”
OK, let me add my endorsement to the “Fuck Chris Licht and Fuck CNN” sentiment. This lame-ass apologia misses a couple of important points:
1. The “people clapping” bit is utter bullshit: unless I’m mistaken, *CNN* picked the audience specifically for their expressed support for Trump: so fuck right off with this “Voice Of The People” nonsense.
2. “A large swath of America”? Fine: what about the (likely even larger) swath of America that regards Donald Trump as a national disgrace/existential danger? Are we likely to be seeing a nicely staged exhibition of their political sentiments on CNN? I won’t hold my breath.
And further, I about gagged when I read that smarmy “defense” of Kaitlyn Collins’ “moderation” of their sicko mini-Nuremburg: I didn’t watch that shitshow, but everything I’ve read - uniformly, except for the “official” BS - said that she was (to say the least) hardly the Bastion Of Journalistic Integrity they’re trying to make her out to be.
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CNN follows up on the Trump town hall by interviewing GOP Rep. Brian Mast, an election denier who pushes the big lie with impunity during his interview pic.twitter.com/b6tQUY40cI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2023
re: #372 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #325 Nerdy Fish
Even the Calvinball Court has shown a distinct reluctance to just throw everything to the crazies. North Carolina’s craven decision to allow partisan gerrymandering may have removed the “independent state legislature” doctrine from the Court’s consideration, but indications were that only the hardcore nutjobs Thomas and Alito really gave any serious credence to the idea. As much as we drag the Calvinball Court for their callous jurisprudence, they have, except in areas of religious liberty, made some surprisingly reasonable judgments.
Not when it came to the VRA or guns or abortion or Citizens United or Florida’s poll tax— most before they had the 6 vote majority
re: #377 nines09
BTW, the former FCC chairman who was the source of that quote was Newton N. Minow: famous for that classic characterization of television as “a vast wasteland”.
re: #382 Hecuba’s daughter
Not when it came to the VRA or guns or abortion or Citizens United or Florida’s poll tax— most before they had the 6 vote majority
That falls under the “religious liberty” bit, as the only arguments being made in abortion cases are religious in nature.
re: #294 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP are going to declare “massive voter fraud” in 2024 and throw out millions of legitimate votes without pushback, handing the election to DJT.
They will then crack down on any form of protest against the EC results with extreme violence and zero tolerance without pushback.
We are so fucked.
Oh, there will be push back. I expect the Democrats to win back control of the House, and I don’t expect them to simply accept Trump electors from states Biden won.
re: #330 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There should be no question on the outcome of an election where one side wins by seven million votes.
Unfortunately, one side could win 65% of the vote and lose the election courtesy of the EC.
You can send an email to CNN. I did. Told them what I thought. Told them I was no longer a viewer. Told them they were in the toilet with Fox and I have no respect for them as a viable outlet any longer.
Drop dead.
The Miserable People: AUGUST 1, 2018 / JOHN PAVLOVITZ
Miserable.
Every time I see them, this is the word that prevails.
Whenever I encounter a supporter of Donald Trump on social media now, or scan the crowds at his propaganda rallies, or see his surrogates bloviating on talk shows or pounding upon pulpits, I am left with the same conclusion: they are a people bereft of joy.
There is so little happiness, so little benevolence, so little kindness.
The emotional deficit is continually on display:
In their contorted, sneering countenance; in their so readily brandished middle finger; in their steady spit shower of verbal filth. With each angry gesture and with every slandering epithet, they reveal in high-definition detail what it looks like when someone loses the light inside them.
the rest copied in full because it’s really necessary
War does this to the human heart. These people are at war with the world.
They’re against the gays.
They’re against immigrants.
They’re against Muslims.
They’re against foreigners.
They’re against scientists.
They’re against atheists.
They’re against Liberals.
They’re against the Democrats.
They’re against the Media.
They’re against teenage shooting survivors.
They’re against athletes and entertainers.The world in their heads is composed almost entirely of enemies and adversaries—and as a result they are perpetually disgusted. If I had that many threats to fight, I’d be unendingly pissed off too. I’d probably pity them a lot more if I didn’t have to endure them.
These are the wildest of ironies: they had their president for four years, their politicians commandeering Congress, the Supreme Court tilted in their favor—and yet they still now manage to feel themselves oppressed, still picture the world unfair, still rage against a machine they’ve made and are part of. So many of them claim faith in Jesus, and yet live in almost polar opposition to his example.
The only time they do smile or show anything resembling joy, is to reflect the arrogant, self-satisfied sneer of their leader; almost always in the face of someone else’s heartache or misfortune, almost always when someone else loses something. They only happiness they seem capable of manufacturing, is in response to pain.
I try to imagine what it feels like to be so afflicted with contempt for the planet: to be so viscerally sickened by the breadth of diversity around me, to be relentlessly in a fear-birthed battle posture—but I can’t.
Thank God, I can’t. If you can’t imagine it either, consider yourself fortunate.
I realize that this has become the difference now; the dividing line in this version of America. It is between joyful people and miserable people; those who live open-handed toward the world and those whose fists are balled tightly; people who are driven by compassion and those fueled by anger; people who want a bigger table—and those feel it belongs solely to them.
As disheartening as it is to witness people this internally toxic, it’s a cautionary reminder of who we do not want to become, of what we can’t let the fight do to us.
We have to fight to keep goodness inside us, despite the outside badness; to never be defined by how many things we hate.
I want my default response to this life to always be hope and not derision.
May we who oppose this national malignancy, never become so devoid of lightness that we resemble those who celebrate it.
May we never applaud someone’s suffering, never weaponize our religion to do harm, never grow comfortable with hearts that are only capable of anger.
May we never lose our laughter, our softness, our lightness in this life.
May we never become as miserable as those who support our former President.
That is when we know we’ve really lost.
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re: #388 Dangerman
Like I’ve said before: Some people just aren’t content unless they have something or someone (or both) to be angry at.
It’s a way to dodge responsibility by always foisting the blame on nefarious others who are out to get you.
re: #363 steve_davis
Did you not just define the Dunning-Kreuger effect. Why yes, you did.
re: #379 Jay C
“While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story,” said Licht, who argued Trump supporters represent “a large swath of America.”
if this was true, you’d explain exactly why this is an important part of the story
re: #374 Nerdy Fish
And I’m sure that’s what he’s saying, but my God, do we really need to pander to the 30%? Especially when it’s comprised of loud-mouthed “fuck your feelings” assholes who have explicitly indicated that they want to kill people who aren’t like them?
This is where ideals go to die. The right-whingers like to talk about oppression of the majority and we must listen. What they do not note is that tyranny from the minority is worser.
From CNN’s media newsletter: “It’s hard to see how America was served by the spectacle of lies that aired on CNN Wednesday evening. It felt like 2016 all over again. It was Trump’s unhinged social media feed brought to life on stage.”
One CNN staffer told the Daily Beast: “One of the worst hours I’ve ever seen on our air.”
re: #363 steve_davis
it is a known fact that stupid people often wildly overestimate their skills at doing pretty much anything. and this really pretty much sums up an enormous part of Trump’s appeal to his base. They are mostly stupid people who believe the reason they are stuck in the assistant management position is because their overwhelming talent is being held back by some n***** who got the management slot through affirmative action, and not because they personally aren’t smart enough to learn a second language or make store environment suggestions, like changing tables in men’s rooms, etc., that demonstrate they are ready to make money for the company in a changing, complex world.
So how explain Musk? He is absolutely ignorant about everything except being a con artist yet he managed to use those skills to become the wealthiest person on the planet (now 2nd wealthiest).
re: #380 Dangerman
Corrupt Donald Trump called CNN “fake news,” then one of his fans took control of the company and made Trump’s statement true.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 11, 2023
Her other smol fren is Microchip. One of the others.
re: #395 Hecuba’s daughter
So how explain Musk? He is absolutely ignorant about everything except being a con artist yet he managed to use those skills to become the wealthiest person on the planet (now 2nd wealthiest).
As much I can’t stand Musk now, I must begrudgingly give him credit for making some smart business decisions in years past. You don’t just luck into to being the richest guy on earth. Asshole or not you have to have SOME idea what you’re doing.
re: #392 Dangerman
if this was true, you’d explain exactly why this is an important part of the story
As you well know, they cannot.
I’ve been asking a similar question of the people that I work with and mentor — explain to me why you are asking (whatever) question. Unfortunately, scientists often go down the rabbit hole of ‘well, explain this’ no matter what other evidence tells us that It. Is. A. Stupid. Question.
re: #398 Eclectic Cyborg
As much I can’t stand Musk now, I must begrudgingly give him credit for making some smart business decisions in years past. You don’t just luck into to being the richest guy on earth. Asshole or not you have to have SOME idea what you’re doing.
He chose his parents?
re: #394 Dangerman
“One of the worst” episodes of CNN just might allow them to survive in an incoming Trump mightmare.
If they play really nice they will thrive.
I see what you are, CNN. You made that perfectly clear with authority last night.
re: #395 Hecuba’s daughter
So how explain Musk? He is absolutely ignorant about everything except being a con artist yet he managed to use those skills to become the wealthiest person on the planet (now 2nd wealthiest).
He came from wealth, had some semi-decent ideas early on, and then some stole much. Oh, and government contacts.
re: #401 Florida Panhandler
“One of the worst” episodes of CNN just might allow them to survive in an incoming Trump mightmare.
If they play really nice they will thrive.
I see what you are, CNN. You made that perfectly clear with authority last night.
They did, but Trump also confessed to being in control of the Jan 6th terrorists when CNN gave him the rope to hang himself with.
re: #400 wrenchwench
He chose his parents?
His parents were wealthy, but they weren’t billionaires. I’m not saying he didn’t have it easy, I’m just saying he’s made some smart decisions from time to time.
re: #402 Colère Tueur de Lapin
He came from wealth, had some semi-decent ideas early on, and then some stole much. Oh, and government contacts.
Musk continues his reliance on government assistance with EV subsidies throughout the globe. Various governments are also currently purchasing Tesla battery grid storage facilities helping his bottom line.
His disdain for any oversight or even decent behavior is very off-putting.
CNN’s failure is being reported on CNN.
Analysis: CNN faces harsh criticism after Trump unleashed a firehose of lies during its live town hall (CNN via MSN)
re: #395 Hecuba’s daughter
So how explain Musk? He is absolutely ignorant about everything except being a con artist yet he managed to use those skills to become the wealthiest person on the planet (now 2nd wealthiest).
same reason trump is Trump.
expertly selling the con / convincing enough enablers
re: #403 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Ecinechea aka cone flower up on the right
re: #409 Dangerman
same reason trump is Trump.
expertly selling the con / convincing enough enablers
Charisma and charm is a common trait of Cult leaders.
re: #404 Crush White Nationalism
They did, but Trump also confessed to being in control of the Jan 6th terrorists when CNN gave him the rope to hang himself with.
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Trump Deepened His Legal Jeopardy
“I was there and I took what I took and it gets declassified… I had every right to do it, I didn’t make a secret of it. You know, the boxes were stationed outside the White House, people were taking pictures of it.”
“In what will be of great interest to the special counsel, Jack Smith, Trump would not definitively rule out whether he showed classified material to people, something investigators have queried witnesses about, in particular in connection with a map with sensitive intelligence.”
“Putting him onstage, having him answer questions like a normal candidate who didn’t get people killed in the process of trying to end the democracy he’s attempting to once again run, normalizes what Trump did.”“It sends a message that attempting a coup is just part of the process; that accepting election results is a choice; and that there are no consequences, in the media or in politics or anywhere else, for rejecting them.”
re: #413 Dangerman
and
“Trump, of course, has the self-awareness of a traffic cone, and he is seemingly incapable of remorse. But CNN’s decision to move ahead with the event, as if nothing has happened, is disappointing.”
“A more defensible position would have been to scrap the town-hall format and tell Trump that he is still invited to sit, one-on-one, with a CNN reporter. To present him to voters as just another candidate, however, is the very definition of normalizing his behavior.”
On the bright side, the MAGAts will now have somewhere to fuck off to when they get their asses handed to them in the 2024 elections.
Russian authorities will launch construction of a village outside Moscow for conservative-minded Americans and Canadians next year, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday.
Russia has for years positioned itself as a bastion of “traditional” values in contrast with Western liberalism as its relations with the West have deteriorated over its 2014 annexation of Crimea and 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Timur Beslangurov, a migration lawyer at Moscow’s VISTA Foreign Business Support, claimed that “around 200 families” wish to emigrate to Russia for “ideological reasons.”
re: #416 Dr Lizardo
On the bright side, the MAGAts will now have somewhere to fuck off to when they get their asses handed to them in the 2024 elections.
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re: #417 Dr Lizardo
Huh. Can’t get the link to embed properly.
He refused to say if he would push for a federal abortion ban. Refused to say if he sides with Ukraine. Refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election.Not only didn’t they ‘get answers’, they let him mock the woman he was just found liable of assaulting.FFS. https://t.co/Bvy7tGv5dD
— Jo🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) May 11, 2023
i’m guessing this isn’t going well for CNN right now //
eta, spot on rando observation:
“Made a LOT of news.”
Does he realize his job is to REPORT the news and not MAKE it???
re: #400 wrenchwench
He chose his parents?
Well, tbf, Elon wasn’t quite the loony-tunes joke he would become when he stuck to what he knew: the basic biz of technology/manufacturing. OK, not always perfect (Boring Company, Tesla FSD, etc.), but still - “his” enterprises were usually pretty successful, burnishing his reputation. Until he bought Twitter.
And IMO, it’s because Twitter isn’t a “technology” business: it relies on high-end technology to work, of course, but the actual “product” is communications: intangible, and way more subject to corruption and fail: as we’ve seen.
re: #419 Dr Lizardo
Huh. Can’t get the link to embed properly.
I think it has something to do with our Mastodon integration, but I couldn’t say for sure.
.@kaitlancollins agreed to repeatedly address sex offender Trump as “Mr President.” She and cnn have legitimized this psychopath again. Don’t tell me she’s a victim. She got her contract and 9pm slot in exchange for harming our country. She’s complicit.
— Richard Signorelli (@richsignorelli) May 11, 2023
It would have been better if Collins stood up & yelled into the audience, “Do you realize what you’re applauding to?” Then bring in victims of sex assault, citizens from countries w/fallen democracies, & historians to drown out Trump.
An intervention.
Now THAT would be News.— NYer Defending Truth & Our Republic (@cassiejayc) May 11, 2023
Way to go, Utah!
University of Utah Diver Flees to Canada Before Rape Charge
A member of the University of Utah’s Division I diving team raped a fellow student and then fled to his native Canada before police charged him, authorities say. Gephardt Daily reports that police say Benjamin Smyth met the victim in a dorm common area and then showed up at her door, asked to have sex, and forced himself on her over her protests. He claimed the sex was consensual when interviewed by police, and when cops showed up to serve him a restraining order, he had packed his bags and fled.
re: #294 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP are going to declare “massive voter fraud” in 2024 and throw out millions of legitimate votes without pushback, handing the election to DJT.
They will then crack down on any form of protest against the EC results with extreme violence and zero tolerance without pushback.
We are so fucked.
Dude, with all due respect, fuck you. You’re an ex-pat, right? I fucking live here. Your conjecture and catastrophizing is annoying.
re: #416 Dr Lizardo
On the bright side, the MAGAts will now have somewhere to fuck off to when they get their asses handed to them in the 2024 elections.
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Thank God. Go. Bye. Leave. Both Canada and the US will be better for it.
re: #429 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Thank God. Go. Bye. Leave. Both Canada and the US will be better for it.
Addition by subtraction, as the saying goes.
re: #423 Nerdy Fish
I think it has something to do with our Mastodon integration, but I couldn’t say for sure.
Ah, OK. It’s still funny as hell. Unless the Russians are planning on having something like a Second Amendment put into their constitution (LOLOL), I can’t imagine any American RWNJ - well, maybe Trump will at least have somewhere to run to - cheerfully moving to Mother Russia.
re: #298 Florida Panhandler
Trump will Pardon all violent backers after he is President again in real time.
He will pretty much have his own grass-roots and police-filled Gestapo.
Seriously, have we all just accepted that FVC is going to win? People, breathe. Go outside, get some fresh air.
re: #427 Joe Bacon
SMH. Did he really think authorities wouldn’t find him in Canada?
As I said before, Trump’s central message for his campaign this time is that he’s going to finish the job he started on January 6th.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 11, 2023
re: #432 teleskiguy
Seriously, have we all just accepted that FVC is going to win? People, breathe. Go outside, get some fresh air.
I have not accepted that he will win.
I have accepted the chances of him winning are much higher than I would like.
Let them fight…..
Sources close to the Putin administration have told Meduza that Kremlin officials view Prigozhin’s statements about the Russian Defense Ministry as a “serious threat.” One source said that Prigozhin is currently acting “not as part of the same team and not out of the same interests” as the Russian authorities.
“He has his own project, Bakhmut, and he’s currently doing everything for its sake. But that’s a personal project, aimed at giving him more influence over the Defense Ministry, so that Wagner becomes the main force behind the victory,” said the source.
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A source from one of Russia’s state-run media agencies told Meduza that the country’s propaganda agencies have already received a “warning” from the Putin administration that if Prigozhin continues criticizing the Defense Ministry and reporting “failures on the front,” journalist should begin “portraying him as a traitor” to Russia. The Washington Post has previously reported that the Russian Defense Ministry began preparing materials for a negative publicity campaign against Prigozhin but was ultimately unable to organize it. Now, according to Meduza’s source, a similar campaign is being prepared by the presidential administration in case “Prigozhin continues to break ranks.”
re: #435 Eclectic Cyborg
I have not accepted that he will win.
I have accepted the chances of him winning are much higher than I would like.
The GOP are biting off more than they can chew. They’ve lost GenZ for good. The abortion thing will continue to bite them in the ass, taking away bodily autonomy from half the population will have an effect.
re: #435 Eclectic Cyborg
I have not accepted that he will win.
I have accepted the chances of him winning are much higher than I would like.
I agree in part. His chances of winning SHOULD be zero, so from that perspective, I agree that his chances of winning (being not zero) are higher than I would like. I don’t think his chances of winning are very high, though. I know, I know, Electoral College, various kinds of Republican fuckery and shenanigannery, etc. More people have been souring on him than have been flocking to him. The people on the left who want their purity ponies are never going to vote for him (they just won’t vote, or will vote for a useless third party); that leaves independent “undecided” voters, and those are continuing to break for Democrats as the Republicans make themselves more and more repugnant. As long as we do our job, get out and VOTE, and remind people what voting for Republicans means in practice, I think there’s not a lot to fear.
re: #416 Dr Lizardo
On the bright side, the MAGAts will now have somewhere to fuck off to when they get their asses handed to them in the 2024 elections.
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Reminds me of the story I once read (maybe it’s just an urban legend) about how, back in the Cold War era, the Soviets secretly constructed a reproduction of a “typical American town” to train deep-cover infiltrators. Supposedly, it consisted of a short “Main Street” and some attached “suburban” housing, and was decorated with abstracted American signage, publications, cars, etc., and only got input from (short-range versions) of American media: to familiarize them with the culture.
If that place is still around*, maybe they can re-purpose it for all those disgruntled wingnuts. What would they call it? “Trumpograd”?
*Though given contemporary standards of A) American domestic architecture, and B) Soviet construction quality, it’s not a given.
OT: Work gripe
I have a last name that sounds similar to a common Latino last name. I am not Latino. I am white with European ancestry.
Despite this, some of our team leads seem to just look at my name and assume I’m the go-to guy to handle the Spanish language stuff.
This despite the fact I have told them repeatedly I do not speak Spanish and a quick look at my work history would clearly show I do not deal with Spanish speaking clients.
But nope, it’s just “let’s send this to that guy with the Latino sounding name. That should work.”
SMH
⚠️CW/TW: SA, Twitter user with the Blue Checkmark of Cain self-reporting⚠️
Because it became evident that Jean Carroll has a secret rape wish like most lefty women.
— Patrick Wilson (@Orinocopat) May 11, 2023
re: #440 Eclectic Cyborg
OT: Work gripe
I have a last name that sounds similar to a common Latino last name. I am not Latino. I am white with European ancestry.
Despite this, some of our team leads seem to just look at my name and assume I’m the go-to guy to handle the Spanish language stuff.
This despite the fact I have told them repeatedly I do not speak Spanish and a quick look at my work history would clearly show I do not deal with Spanish speaking clients.
But nope, it’s just “let’s send this to that guy with the Latino sounding name. That should work.”
SMH
If they can’t figure this out, you’re going to have to learn Spanish.
re: #440 Eclectic Cyborg
Id have a come to HeyZeus with several levels of management then I’d be heading to HR as much as I can’t stand those people.
That shit would stop on a dime.
Hakeem Jeffries on MSNBC: “The Republican Party under Donald Trump and Trumpism has three basic philosophical pillars. One, facts don’t matter. Two, hypocrisy is not a constraint to their behavior. And three, they actually believe that shamelessness is a superpower.” pic.twitter.com/OnmiwAc8rV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 11, 2023
re: #395 Hecuba’s daughter
So how explain Musk? He is absolutely ignorant about everything except being a con artist yet he managed to use those skills to become the wealthiest person on the planet (now 2nd wealthiest).
Say what you want about Musk, but he got in on the ground floor of at least 4 different industries. These are all industries that were nascent or didn’t even exist and he chose to invest in. He could have just as easily been broke if he picked wrong.
Web based payment with x.com and Paypal
Electric cars with Tesla
Private space launches with SpaceX
Sattelite internet with Starlink
You can get that lucky once, but over and over in very different businesses and it isn’t just luck.
Of course then there is the Boring company, but you win some you lose some.
re: #437 teleskiguy
The GOP are biting off more than they can chew. They’ve lost GenZ for good. The abortion thing will continue to bite them in the ass, taking away bodily autonomy from half the population will have an effect.
you are a ray of sunshine this morning
(no /s intended)
re: #420 Dangerman
“You do not have to like the former president’s answers, but you can’t say that we didn’t get them,” Licht tells staffers, many of whom are angry about the town hall. “Kaitlan pressed him again and again and made news. Made a LOT of news.” And “that is our job.”
No. That is absolutely not your job. You’re job is to REPORT the news. Christ.
re: #443 Crush White Nationalism
If they can’t figure this out, you’re going to have to learn Spanish.
just make shit up
re: #441 Teukka
⚠️CW/TW: SA, Twitter user with the Blue Checkmark of Cain self-reporting⚠️
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That’s an easy report. That guy is going to rape someone if he hasn’t already.
re: #449 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
No. That is absolutely not your job. You’re job is to REPORT the news. Christ.
Also, “you can’t say that we didn’t get them.” Yes, we absolutely can. Which “questions” of hers did he answer? NONE OF THEM. He went on a 60-minute unhinged rant about all of his imagined grievances while his toadies soaked it up, applauded, and cheered on a man who was trash-talking a woman HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. And nobody did a damn thing to stop any of it.
re: #440 Eclectic Cyborg
Even if you were a native speaker, translation is another skill that needs to be studied, not foisted on someone. They are dissing you and everyone they think is going to read their Spanish.
If it were me, I’d find someone to help me do a genuinely fucked up translation, and see how long it takes them to find out.
I’m unemployed….maybe it’s my attitude.
re: #446 danarchy
Say what you want about Musk, but he got in on the ground floor of at least 4 different industries. These are all industries that were nascent or didn’t even exist and he chose to invest in. He could have just as easily been broke if he picked wrong.
Web based payment with x.com and Paypal
Electric cars with Tesla
Private space launches with SpaceX
Sattelite internet with StarlinkYou can get that lucky once, but over and over in very different businesses and it isn’t just luck.
Of course then there is the Boring company, but you win some you lose some.
Those are things that are obvious when technology had reached a certain point. He had money and could see the obvious. The rest of us that see the obvious have bills to pay rather than having millions of dollars to invest.
re: #450 Dangerman
re: #443 Crush White Nationalism
If they can’t figure this out, you’re going to have to learn Spanish.
just make shit up
Like as my old high-school Spanish teacher once mocked: “learn a few prepositions, and put an ‘o’ at the end of everything”
re: #454 wrenchwench
If it were me, I’d find someone to help me do a genuinely fucked up translation, and see how long it takes them to find out.
I’ve actually considered this. Well, a bad “work appropriate” translation at least. That might help drive the point home to stop putting this stuff on my desk.
re: #456 Jay C
Like as my old high-school Spanish teacher once mocked: “learn a few prepositions, and put an ‘o’ at the end of everything”
If his real name wasn’t Eclectico Cyborgo, the whole misunderstanding would have been avoided.
“Increasingly, Chris Licht is to CNN what Elon Musk is to Twitter.” The leadership at CNN knows what it is doing and will throw its talent under the bus to achieve that.
That it also destroys its audience seems to be secondary.
All so people could laught along with a sexual predator making jokes about the women he abused. I will not be watching CNN nor reading them online for quite some time.
re: #455 Crush White Nationalism
Those are things that are obvious when technology had reached a certain point. He had money and could see the obvious. The rest of us that see the obvious have bills to pay rather than having millions of dollars to invest.
Bullshit, it is only obvious in hindsight. There are many people with lots of money, if it was so obvious why didn’t he have more competition in those markets. Why weren’t the big dogs Like Ford, GM, Boeing, Lockheed etc. already pushing hard to do these obvious things?
re: #460 danarchy
Bullshit, it is only obvious in hindsight. There are many people with lots of money, if it was so obvious why didn’t he have more competition in those markets. Why weren’t the big dogs Like Ford, GM, Boeing, Lockheed etc. already pushing hard to do these obvious things?
Bureaucratic rheumatism, stockholders, etc.
re: #452 darthstar
Been saying this for years. AS AN OWNER.
re: #459 silverdolphin
He knows where the gullible viewers are and he wants to take them away from FUX.
re: #461 wrenchwench
re: #460 danarchy
Bullshit, it is only obvious in hindsight. There are many people with lots of money, if it was so obvious why didn’t he have more competition in those markets. Why weren’t the big dogs Like Ford, GM, Boeing, Lockheed etc. already pushing hard to do these obvious things?
Also, those “big dogs” were already making tons of money carrying on their traditional businesses: most corporations don’t go in for innovation if they think they will be competing with themselves.
re: #462 GlutenFreeJesus
Been saying this for years. AS AN OWNER.
I never enabled self drive on my Tesla when I had it…and only used self steering for about two minutes to test it out on a straight stretch of road.
It’ll be fun watching snowflake Musk respond to secretary Pete.
We tried to warn you @libsoftiktok
If you think Taylor Lorenz was a nightmare just wait bc you have officially been put in the bin spreading around now in back channels
You have blood of children on your hands Chaya Raichik#Anonymous #OpGOP #AllenTexas #AllenTexasMassacre pic.twitter.com/gdGqhh2j0R— AnonOpsUnited (@AnonOpsUnited2) May 10, 2023
Feels like we are headed into Trump 2016 again. And this time he has an army of radicalized gun freaks that think they are his brown shirts and own guns to use in a civil war. (i.e…to kill fellow citizens.)
Maybe start taking this all seriously folks.— Ryan Busse (@ryandbusse) May 11, 2023
Look, I get it. Scary fucking times. Powder keg shit. But I also see lots of signs of the FVC fever breaking. Hope is not a bad thing.
I didn’t watch the shitshow on CNN last night, and I haven’t even seen any clips of it on social media. I’ve read about it and everything I’ve read has roundly condemned CNN.
re: #468 teleskiguy
Look, I get it. Scary fucking times. Powder keg shit. But I also see lots of signs of the FVC fever breaking. Hope is not a bad thing.
Prosecute gun humpers who cross the line with extreme prejudice and the ‘movement’ will die off quickly.
re: #471 darthstar
We need to ban assault rifles and high capacity magazines, universal background checks, and yes, a gun registry (like we do with cars) and insurance (like we do with cars).
re: #473 teleskiguy
We need to ban assault rifles and high capacity magazines, universal background checks, and yes, a gun registry (like we do with cars) and insurance (like we do with cars).
No argument from me.
re: #471 darthstar
Prosecute gun humpers who cross the line with extreme prejudice and the ‘movement’ will die off quickly.
A lot of garbage-people go from tough guy to sobbing baby when facing the consequences of their actions.
re: #473 teleskiguy
We need to ban assault rifles and high capacity magazines, universal background checks, and yes, a gun registry (like we do with cars) and insurance (like we do with cars).
I’m going to the state capitol this afternoon to ridicule the Republicans who have been slipping out to deny quorum while the state senate goes for gun rules and abortion protections. MDA* called it a rally, I call it a mission of ridicule.
*Moms Demand Action
re: #476 wrenchwench
I’m going to the state capitol this afternoon to ridicule the Republicans who have been slipping out to deny quorum while the state senate goes for gun rules and abortion protections. MDA* called it a rally, I call it a mission of ridicule.
*Moms Demand Action
IMO, intentionally leaving work to deny a quorum should be treated as an unexcused absence, and the votes should proceed as scheduled. I am aware that this is a tactic that was once used in Texas to great effect by the Democrats, though IIRC, the governor turned around and called a special session and the Republicans rammed their shitty bills through anyway. Regardless of who is in the majority or the minority, I do not think that playing games with parliamentary procedure to prevent votes on awful legislation counts as a “win.” However, I will admit that this is now more idealistic than it is practical, given the way the Republicans play with extreme partisanship and no substance.
re: #475 Crush White Nationalism
A lot of garbage-people go from tough guy to sobbing baby when facing the consequences of their actions.
Clarence Thomas. One of the most striking things about that PBS documentary is their interview with John Danforth. He went to Clarence’s house after Anita Hill gave her testimony and what Danforth saw was what he himself described as a “broken man,” “crying in the fetal position.”
re: #477 Thanos
Every year we grow spices on our deck, it keeps insects at bay while giving us handy cooking ingredients. Today’s tip for home gardeners: sometimes those plant nursery starter plants don’t start well, but those “live fresh spices” plants from the grocery store tend to take off real well.
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Mrs. Fish has removable hanging planter boxes on our deck railings that she fills with herbs and spices, so that we can have fresh cut things if we feel like grabbing them.
re: #428 teleskiguy
Dude, with all due respect, fuck you. You’re an ex-pat, right? I fucking live here. Your conjecture and catastrophizing is annoying.
Thank you. You said what I was thinking.
re: #432 teleskiguy
Seriously, have we all just accepted that FVC is going to win? People, breathe. Go outside, get some fresh air.
And touch grass as the younglings like to say :-|
re: #480 Nerdy Fish
Mrs. Fish has removable hanging planter boxes on our deck railings that she fills with herbs and spices, so that we can have fresh cut things if we feel like grabbing them.
We put the basil in pots because they grow high, the chives, thyme, rosemary and other low growth plants are for the deck baskets.
7 Plants That Repel Insects
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‘Clarence Thomas’ is a verb in the Black community. That takes some doing.
re: #484 Thanos
We put the basil in pots because they grow high, the chives, thyme, rosemary and other low growth plants are for the deck baskets.
Now I think about it, I think Mrs. Fish has the basil in a separate pot with something sturdy in it.
re: #486 teleskiguy
‘Clarence Thomas’ is a verb in the Black community. That takes some doing.
Context and really, plx? Not doubting, just extra curious
re: #478 Nerdy Fish
IMO, intentionally leaving work to deny a quorum should be treated as an unexcused absence, and the votes should proceed as scheduled. I am aware that this is a tactic that was once used in Texas to great effect by the Democrats, though IIRC, the governor turned around and called a special session and the Republicans rammed their shitty bills through anyway. Regardless of who is in the majority or the minority, I do not think that playing games with parliamentary procedure to prevent votes on awful legislation counts as a “win.” However, I will admit that this is now more idealistic than it is practical, given the way the Republicans play with extreme partisanship and no substance.
They are mostly unexcused absences, and a rule was recently passed limiting those to 10, before consequences of some sort. The cowardly Republicans have been taking turns to delay the accumulation of 10. Cowards is what I’m calling them. I don’t know if signs are part of the deal…
re: #400 wrenchwench
He chose his parents?
He took major risks that paid off. He risked pretty much all the money he made from PayPal on SpaceX and Tesla. Both were on the edge of bankruptcy for years. His Twitter venture is a fiasco, and he’s showing himself to be a right wing conspiracy minded troll. But he he did remarkable things with Tesla and SpaceX, and I’m glad he did.
re: #490 JC1
He took major risks that paid off. He risked pretty much all the money he made from PayPal on SpaceX and Tesla. Both were on the edge of bankruptcy for years. His Twitter venture is a fiasco, and he’s showing himself to be a right wing conspiracy minded troll. But he he did remarkable things with Tesla and SpaceX, and I’m glad he did.
He’s still a dangerous puke.
CNN PR wants you to know they worked with the Trump campaign to hand pick the people who laughed at sexual abuse. https://t.co/JSRvgUQGYi
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) May 11, 2023
re: #409 Dangerman
same reason trump is Trump.
expertly selling the con / convincing enough enablers
Nah, Musk actually changed the world with Tesla and SpaceX, and increased his net worth by 1000s of times. Trump pissed away most of the money he inherited. He would be far wealthier today if he just took his inheritance and parked it in an S&P500 fund.
re: #490 JC1
He took major risks that paid off.
And by major risks you mean that he took vaguely real capital and stole companies from the actual innovators? And then sucked of the federal teat? Right.
We’ve already established that you have different beliefs on how you should live life, but holy fuck. I didn’t think we’d have an elmo sycophant posting here.
re: #461 wrenchwench
Bureaucratic rheumatism, stockholders, etc.
Doesn’t explain why neither Richard Branson nor Jeff Bezos have come close to equaling what SpaceX has done. Jeff Bezos had MUCH deeper pockets when this all started.
Oh my!
Steve Bannon ‘swatted’ during live broadcast: ‘They’re trying to have suicide by police’
re: #494 Colère Tueur de Lapin
And by major risks you mean that he took vaguely real capital and stole companies from the actual innovators? And then sucked of the federal teat? Right.
We’ve already established that you have different beliefs on how you should live life, but holy fuck. I didn’t think we’d have an elmo sycophant posting here.
He didn’t steal shit, FFS. He invested/bought companies. Unless you’re alleging fraud that I haven’t heard anyone suggest before. It’s okay to think the guy is an asshole, but we should be fair about his accomplishments.
re: #488 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Context and really, plx? Not doubting, just extra curious
Hit play, I got it all queued up.
re: #490 JC1
He took major risks that paid off. He risked pretty much all the money he made from PayPal on SpaceX and Tesla. Both were on the edge of bankruptcy for years. His Twitter venture is a fiasco, and he’s showing himself to be a right wing conspiracy minded troll. But he he did remarkable things with Tesla and SpaceX, and I’m glad he did.
And the reason SpaceX has had any success is they have usually kept him out of the loop. When they don’t, they get stupidity like the lack of sound suppression on the launch pad.
His bad decisions are killing Tesla too just not as quickly or visibly as Twitter.
re: #500 JC1
He didn’t steal shit, FFS. He invested/bought companies. Unless you’re alleging fraud that I haven’t heard anyone suggest before. It’s okay to think the guy is an asshole, but we should be fair about his accomplishments.
Fine. Do you really think that he has any actual acomplishments beyond “buying / bought” companies (and, no i am not implying ‘fraud’) but the point is that the man is a schill, a conman, a fraud. His current wealth is built off of sucking off the government teat.
Please to esplain what the he has actually innovated?
re: #501 teleskiguy
Thank, my friend
re: #502 William Lewis
And the reason SpaceX has had any success is they have usually kept him out of the loop. When they don’t, they get stupidity like the lack of sound suppression on the launch pad.
His bad decisions are killing Tesla too just not as quickly or visibly as Twitter.
This may all be true. And yet I don’t see either the EV industry or LEO launch industry being where they are if it wasn’t for Musk. TSLA’s success is forcing legacy automakers to move towards EVa en masse. Everyone will be better off as a result (except for OPEC and big oil, but F*ck em).
The mere concept of ‘billionaires’ is a moral failing on humanity’s part.
re: #438 Nerdy Fish
I agree in part. His chances of winning SHOULD be zero, so from that perspective, I agree that his chances of winning (being not zero) are higher than I would like. I don’t think his chances of winning are very high, though. I know, I know, Electoral College, various kinds of Republican fuckery and shenanigannery, etc. More people have been souring on him than have been flocking to him. The people on the left who want their purity ponies are never going to vote for him (they just won’t vote, or will vote for a useless third party); that leaves independent “undecided” voters, and those are continuing to break for Democrats as the Republicans make themselves more and more repugnant. As long as we do our job, get out and VOTE, and remind people what voting for Republicans means in practice, I think there’s not a lot to fear.
Thank You!
It appears that anti-Trump Republicans have seen enough polling to realize that the most persuasive argument to their voters is simply that Trump loses a lot and drags others down with him. https://t.co/uHqNydINb5
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 11, 2023
We can only hope this trend picks up.
re: #503 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Fine. Do you really think that he has any actual acomplishments beyond “buying / bought” companies (and, no i am not implying ‘fraud’) but three point is that the man is a schill, a conman, a fraud. His current wealth is built off of sucking off the government teat.
Please to esplain what the he has actually innovated?
The time for a single person to innovate anything is long past. The low hanging fruit has been picked. It takes teams of engineers to push the envelope. I’ve never suggested that Musk is some sort of genius innovator. But he was willing to risk his net worth on long shot bets, and through a combination of luck, skill, and perseverance (most significant successful endeavors take all 3) managed to succeed.
After PayPal, he wasn’t even in the top 1k richest Americans. The Google founders, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and dozens of others were worth 100x+ more than Musk. Why didn’t any of them risk 1% of their money to push EVs into the mainstream and to make reusable rockets?
I think that you have to give Musk credit for having the vision or craziness to believe that those things could be done, and actually putting his own money on the line to get them done.
re: #500 JC1
but we should be fair about his accomplishments.
He has stepped on the necks of workers demanding results. Fuck him.
re: #509 Eclectic Cyborg
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Except when the alternative is equally vile or dangerous to our nation but with more competence; e.g. DeSantis and Abbott. Kemp should also be in that category — he is as racist as any of them.
re: #513 JC1
You’re defending the indefensible. He’s smart with money. So was Henry Ford.
Funny how the richest people that ever lived are always the biggest cockpunches.
Some more posivte thoughts.
I’ve been building puzzle boxes designed by NKD. But I have tired of that build design.
So, my next project :
I am sad that the author of this series of models had retired
I think it is good that he has retired or I would keep buying and my “models that need to be done’ will never end.
re: #517 teleskiguy
Funny how the richest people that ever lived are always the biggest cockpunches.
You don’t become a billionaire by sharing business profits fairly with the people doing the work. You have to exploit workers to get there.
re: #516 teleskiguy
You’re defending the indefensible. He’s smart with money. So was Henry Ford.
Okay. And Henry Ford revolutionized industry. It’s okay to see people in an objective light. Very few people can be considered as pure good or evil; that’s a childish caricature.
I don’t even think that Musk is smart with money. If he was, he never would have gotten into the Twitter debacle. The wisdom of his investments in SpaceX and Tesla is only apparent with 20/20 hindsight. The people who were the smartest with money didn’t want to touch either with a 10 foot pole.
re: #517 teleskiguy
Funny how the richest people that ever lived are always the biggest cockpunches.
Yeah, Warren Buffett. What a crook and shitty person. /s
re: #513 JC1
Kindly, GFY. Not everything is black and white.
You are correct. Not everything is binary. But you’re giving credit based on net worth, not actual acomplishments. Think about that, really hard.
Yeah, you came from nothing (at least according to your own bio) but guess what, money is not everything and that is where you are putting your endpoint.
Elmo is a leech. And a dumb one at that. You’re supposed to lick the boot, not deep-throat it.
re: #509 Eclectic Cyborg
We can only hope this trend picks up.
Yeah, well: Sen. Young can afford to have that attitude: he represents a safely red state (IN), and was just re-elected last year, so doesn’t have to worry about being primaried for quite a while. I’m sure his opinion is likely a lot more common in the GOP than they would want to have known: what’s unusual is that Young says it out loud.
re: #518 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Some more posivte thoughts.
I hear you - I have a stack of these ROKR laser cut mechanism/puzzles to get to that the kids bought me.
re: #516 teleskiguy
You’re defending the indefensible. He’s smart with money. So was Henry Ford.
But Henry Ford was instrumental in creating modern manufacturing processes. He was vile (as is Musk) but he played a key role in developing the automobile industry. Musk may have been clever in ferreting out companies with exceptional engineering staff and providing them resources to continue their operation, but once he bought them, did he provide any insight on product development or was his skill exclusive to getting the government to fund his ventures.?
One of the Pirates of Silicon Valley was Steve Jobs who was a true visionary and whose brilliance often lay in adopting what others created but abandoned (I’m looking at you, Xerox). Jobs was not a nice person, but no one can challenge his perception and key role in technological progress.
Honestly this all kind of pissing me off. We’re a generation away from legalization of hunting poor people for sport if elections don’t go the right way and we’re debating the genius of money managers.
bbl
re: #523 Colère Tueur de Lapin
You are correct. Not everything is binary. But you’re giving credit based on net worth, not actual acomplishments. Think about that, really hard.
Yeah, you came from nothing (at least according to your own bio) but guess what, money is not everything and that is where you are putting your endpoint.
Elmo is a leech. And a dumb one at that. You’re supposed to lick the boot, not deep-throat it.
Elon could go broke tomorrow, and Tesla could go bankrupt tomorrow, and it wouldn’t change the fact that Tesla and SpaceX revolutionized 2 major industries. The EV revolution will greatly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
If a shitty person funds research that results in a cure for cancer, it doesn’t make the accomplishment any less worthwhile.
I am getting letters from Capital One telling me that I am getting a credit card from them. The thing is that I have not applied for this card and I do not want this card. Do I bit my tongue and not use the thing or call customer service and tell I do not want the card?
re: #530 PhillyPretzel
I am getting letters from Capital One telling me that I am getting a credit card from them. The thing is that I have not applied for this card and I do not want this card. Do I bit my tongue and not use the thing or call customer service and tell I do not want the card?
You don’t want a CC that you did not order. Call them ASAP. Also check your other accounts. Something may be fishy.
re: #530 PhillyPretzel
I am getting letters from Capital One telling me that I am getting a credit card from them. The thing is that I have not applied for this card and I do not want this card. Do I bit my tongue and not use the thing or call customer service and tell I do not want the card?
Is it part of a settlement from a class action suit? Reason I ask is because I asked for a paper check from a suit and instead I got a card from Capital One…
re: #525 Thanos
I hear you - I have a stack of these ROKR laser cut mechanism/puzzles to get to that the kids bought me.
Bad Thanos, bad. Do not teach me about new model sites. Bad Thanos. /s
I must resist.
re: #505 JC1
This may all be true. And yet I don’t see either the EV industry or LEO launch industry being where they are if it wasn’t for Musk. TSLA’s success is forcing legacy automakers to move towards EVa en masse. Everyone will be better off as a result (except for OPEC and big oil, but F*ck em).
In one danger’s opinion a lot of this is timing.
Most of this would have happened anyway.
Sooner or later
Being first doesn’t necessarily mean smarter or prescient
It could mean financially nimble or less constrained or lucky, or lots of things
How he got the money for Twitter ill never understand
Electric cars are not new. Battery tech and efficient motors are what’s made it feasible now
lots of cos are doing self driving because camera and computer tech caught up to what was dreamed about 50 years ago.
They’ll all get there eventually.
True also, “making it happen” is not nothing.
That may be as much good management as premonition
re: #527 teleskiguy
One of the richest men on Earth right now is Vladimir Putin.
Keep digging.
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Talk about a non sequitur.
You’re reminding me of the Bush voters in 2004 who were carrying flip flops in their hands chanting ’ Flip Flop’ about Kerry. Your version is ‘Rich = evil’. Also reminiscent of Animal Farm ‘4 legs good, 2 legs bad.’
re: #530 PhillyPretzel
I am getting letters from Capital One telling me that I am getting a credit card from them. The thing is that I have not applied for this card and I do not want this card. Do I bit my tongue and not use the thing or call customer service and tell I do not want the card?
Call them and say no because it’s probably fraud.
re: #530 PhillyPretzel
I am getting letters from Capital One telling me that I am getting a credit card from them. The thing is that I have not applied for this card and I do not want this card. Do I bit my tongue and not use the thing or call customer service and tell I do not want the card?
The only times I ever received actual cards from a financial institution were when they were replacing existing cards. Otherwise, the letters always announced I had been pre-approved for a card and they would sent it as soon as I responded to their letter.
re: #534 Dangerman
In one danger’s opinion a lot of this is timing.
Most of this would have happened anyway.
Sooner or laterBeing first doesn’t necessarily mean smarter or prescient
It could mean financially nimble or less constrained or lucky, or lots of things
How he got the money for Twitter ill never understandElectric cars are not new. Battery tech and efficient motors are what’s made it feasible now
lots of cos are doing self driving because camera and computer tech caught up to what was dreamed about 50 years ago.
They’ll all get there eventually.True also, “making it happen” is not nothing.
That may be as much good management as premonition
GM had an electric car years earlier but they killed it off. They just didn’t see how to make it a financial success. No different from Xerox and its creation of the PC and then abandoning some of their key software concepts to Jobs. Large companies are often totally inept at promoting true technological innovation that upsets their current market.
I just got kicked off the phone lines by Capital One. And I am not giving them my SSN. I will wait until I get the card and send it back. I might call Lifelock and try to get it blocked.
re: #539 PhillyPretzel
I just got kicked off the phone lines by Capital One. And I am not giving them my SSN. I will wait until I get the card and send it back. I might call Lifelock and try to get it blocked.
May want to visit the FTC’s ID Theft Reporting page
re: #520 JC1
Okay. And Henry Ford revolutionized industry. It’s okay to see people in an objective light. Very few people can be considered as pure good or evil; that’s a childish caricature.
I don’t even think that Musk is smart with money. If he was, he never would have gotten into the Twitter debacle. The wisdom of his investments in SpaceX and Tesla is only apparent with 20/20 hindsight. The people who were the smartest with money didn’t want to touch either with a 10 foot pole.
This *might* be a little post hoc ergo propter hoc.
Winning at dice doesn’t mean you bet well.
And having bets pay off doesn’t make you wise even looking back.
Yes he was willing to risk some of his fortune.
So the question is what gets the credit?
Having the advantage of enough money to burn, or choosing black over red at the tables?
re: #529 JC1
If a shitty person funds research that results in a cure for cancer, it doesn’t make the accomplishment any less worthwhile.
Elmo isn’t funding anything that will improve anything. He. Is. Sucking. Off. The. Goverment’s. Teat. Various battery mechanisms to store power are a zero delta in progression. The fact that you think he or his money will change fuck all is laughable.
Asimov said it all with Hari Seldon, (paraphrase) no individual will ever change the future. I will note that elmo is not Mule.
Stop licking/sucking that boot.
re: #539 PhillyPretzel
I just got kicked off the phone lines by Capital One. And I am not giving them my SSN. I will wait until I get the card and send it back. I might call Lifelock and try to get it blocked.
I’d report what you got already. It’s not Capital One.
re: #525 Thanos
I hear you - I have a stack of these ROKR laser cut mechanism/puzzles to get to that the kids bought me.
Since I was a kid i always wanted to build the paper clock
re: #543 wrenchwench
Yeah. Just to reiterate. Always call them from a known number and they need to supply the data ; you just confirm.
re: #544 Dangerman
Since I was a kid i always wanted to build the paper clock
I’ve tried that. It did not turn out well, admitidly I was about 13. You need to have more patience with reiterate cutting. Maybe now that I’m better psychologically regulated, it may turn out better.
re: #544 Dangerman
Since I was a kid i always wanted to build the paper clock
were: #544 Dangerman
Since I was a kid i always wanted to build the paper clock
That kit is only 18 bucks, that’s cheap as these models go…
re: #542 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I will note that elmo is not Mule.
Close: he IS a colossal jackass……
re: #539 PhillyPretzel
I just got kicked off the phone lines by Capital One. And I am not giving them my SSN. I will wait until I get the card and send it back. I might call Lifelock and try to get it blocked.
Just a suggestion: you might want to call your “regular” Cap One Customer Service line, and try to get in direct touch with their Fraud Department (call them, don’t have them call you, just to be sure); phone trees can be a PITA, but at least you might get an answer to any questions about the mystery card’s authenticity.
re: #548 Jay C
I just got transferred to someone from India. I can tell by the accent.
For the record I am still working on the Revell USS Constitution - my little sister decided to take my first attempt at build to the pool in 1968 & it came back wrecked so the kids got me the kit again about 15 years ago.
re: #530 PhillyPretzel
I am getting letters from Capital One telling me that I am getting a credit card from them. The thing is that I have not applied for this card and I do not want this card. Do I bit my tongue and not use the thing or call customer service and tell I do not want the card?
We just went through this with MrBWS and Bank of America (and also Chrysler Capital about a car loan we didn’t apply for). Turned out to be a case of identity theft. Definitely tell Capital One you did not request the card. Get copies of your credit reports to see if anything usual shows up there. If it looks sketchy, let me know and I’ll share the steps we took to deal with the problem.
re: #551 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s getting to be time for me to renew Aura!
re: #192 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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