Video: The George Santos Saga - Lies, Lies & More Lies
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Meet George Santos: America’s infamous lying congressman.
#DailyShow #GeorgeSantos #TDSThrowback
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They will support him even if he is in prison at this point, it is too late to back down.
“No excuses. No more excuses about why we can’t it done” — DeSantis again obliquely criticizes Trump pic.twitter.com/KD0mQZmiCn
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 29, 2023
re: #423 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
izzat for real?
I remember him coming out after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub claiming to be the Gay’s Best Defense against Islamist homophobics (because they hated Islam worse than they hated gay, I guess)
There’s a photo of Trump happily holding a rainbow flag on stage.
“At the end of the day, the hero of this story is going to be Shalanda for showing her olders and betters how the game is played,” @capitalalpha’s James Lucier says. https://t.co/1VFdL8TA3u
— Akayla Gardner (@gardnerakayla) May 29, 2023
And yet this will not be the political end of this felon.https://t.co/hDpW2MYHT3
— Confronting Denial (@AgainstDenial) May 29, 2023
Insider, along with a group of other news organizations, have asked a federal judge to unseal the names of the three anonymous people sponsoring George Santos’s $500,000 bail. pic.twitter.com/WUGFNJLb7p
— Jacob Shamsian ⚖️ (@JayShams) May 28, 2023
Rep. George Santos, just now, on a Twitter Spaces:
“I never said my mom died on 9/11 … those words never came out of my mouth”
fwiw: here is how Santos changed this part of bio on his campaign website: https://t.co/6WlJVmsrwd pic.twitter.com/174jnEb9i3— Azi™️ (@Azi) May 28, 2023
re: #8 ckkatz
Great: so George’s “defense” is that he didn’t lie about his mother *dying* in the 9/11 attack, but merely lied about her *surviving* it?
Big difference…..
re: #6 Nyet
Um, convicted felon? Black people here in the Americas have suffered from racist policies that prevent them access to many things dipshits like you take for granted. That counts for a lot.
Shrug. You can’t see this though. Your tiny brain is incapable of grasping any idea that doesn’t support your hate.
Blind squirrel or stopped clock moment?
https://t.co/LAImbjNpMl pic.twitter.com/MyTtHgwNfc
— Micah 🪩 (@micah_erfan) May 29, 2023
Skirmishes along the Afghan-Iranian border. The Taliban demand more water for their border provinces. At least two Iranian border guards have been killed so far.
Source: https://t.co/BEYwEyVcej#Iran #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/7SgAaIkz6e— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) May 28, 2023
“There’s a pundit-industrial complex that’s waiting for them, with book deals and cable news contributorships,” @MollyJongFast shares her take on why some of the lesser known potential GOP presidential contenders, like North Dakota’s Doug Burgum, may be mulling a 2024 run. pic.twitter.com/yeqDJIkrna
— The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) May 29, 2023
re: #9 Jay C
Great: so George’s “defense” is that he didn’t lie about his mother *dying* in the 9/11 attack, but merely lied about her *surviving* it?
Big difference…..
If that’s what it takes, I too survived the 9/11 attack. In California.
Sunday was Kyiv Day.
Saturday the Russians launched 54 Shahid drones.
Sunday the Russians launched 40 Kinzhal missiles and 35 Shahid drones.
A wedding in a shelter today in Kyiv during the Russian rocket attack. pic.twitter.com/q0VWZyKOGG
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 29, 2023
Watching Hanzo the Razor on Max. This is strangely entertaining and wildly over the top. It makes Kill Bill look pretty tame by comparison. The kill shots where blood is just ejected everywhere are enormously funny and gross at the same time. And there’s a running joke about Hanzo’s dick size, which in one scene he mortifies by beating it with a cloth-covered stick and then using on a makeshift bowl of dry rice as a glory hole of some sort.
re: #10 Romantic Heretic
Um, convicted felon? Black people here in the Americas have suffered from racist policies that prevent them access to many things dipshits like you take for granted. That counts for a lot.
Shrug. You can’t see this though. Your tiny brain is incapable of grasping any idea that doesn’t support your hate.
Blacks have historically scored 10 - 15 points below whites on standard “IQ” tests. This is indisputable, as facts so often are.
1) Any individual’s score can vary by +- 15 points, so a ten point difference means very little.
2) As Stephen Jay Gould points out, gleefully and at length (The Mismeasure of Man), it’s very very hard to take the bias out of IQ tests, so a 10 point difference doesn’t mean much, if anything.
How Memorial Day started-
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Decoration Day,” published in The Atlantic in June 1882, pays tribute to what was then a new form of civic observance: a day set aside to commemorate those who had perished in the Civil War—a custom that gradually gave rise to our modern Memorial… pic.twitter.com/dSc2wUxvWh
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 29, 2023
This was on the previous thread. Antivaxxer ghouls are all over it.
A woman whose son died of suicide is suing a woman who used his face (falsely) in a montage claiming #covid19 #vaccines deaths.
Anti-vaccine activists use other people’s tragedies, and do not hesitate to make up things about them. https://t.co/9OvAaU4VLT— (((Dorit Reiss))) (@doritmi) May 28, 2023
re: #17 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Blacks have historically scored 10 - 15 points below whites on standard “IQ” tests. This is indisputable, as facts so often are.
1) Any individual’s score can vary by +- 15 points, so a ten point difference means very little.
2) As Stephen Jay Gould points out, gleefully and at length (The Mismeasure of Man), it’s very very hard to take the bias out of IQ tests, so a 10 point difference doesn’t mean much, if anything.
The discussion also leaves out schooling and other societal factors.
Which is the whole point of CRT.
re: #18 ckkatz
How Memorial Day started-
Longfellow was writing about a trend started on both sides during the war. The Grand Army of the Republic’s leader General John. A. Logan declared May 30 as the day to honour Union war dead (that day was picked because no major Civil war battle occurred on that day). Following that, Michigan became the first state to make Decoration Day an official state holiday in 1871. By 1882 all the northern states had followed suit.
In the South, it was the Ladies Memorial Association which is credited with the idea of decorating the graves of Confederate war dead, which spread to the North.
re: #14 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
If that’s what it takes, I too survived the 9/11 attack. In California.
I’ll go you one better: I survived the 9/11 attack, and I was in Manhattan!
Biden’s Memorial Day message and Trump’s Memorial Day message. pic.twitter.com/nHbu0FT4dm
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 29, 2023
two randos:
1.
This is why DeSantis is getting crushed, because he can’t do stupid and malevolent as well as Trump. No one can.
Some people are good at one, some are good at the other, but no one combines them like Trump.
2.
I don’t think there’s another person on the planet as stupid and hateful as Trump. It comes naturally to him, everyone else has to fake it.
re: #17 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Blacks have historically scored10 - 15 points below whites on standard “IQ” tests. This is indisputable, as facts so often are.
1) Any individual’s score can vary by +- 15 points, so a ten point difference means very little.
2) As Stephen Jay Gould points out, gleefully and at length (The Mismeasure of Man), it’s very very hard to take the bias out of IQ tests, so a 10 point difference doesn’t mean much, if anything.
As a kid until into my mid-20s, I worked at a company (where my mother was office manager) that developed personality and IQ tests. The IQ tests were “culture free”, as most IQ tests were not, using language and cultural hints that anyone not part of the “white, literate, western culture” would have trouble using. Part of the validation of the IQ tests involved usage in many different cultures around the US and the globe. There was no language involved in the test, and the test giver had to be especially trained. I am not arguing for or against, and I have absolutely no idea what the field is like now. I was strictly clerical, and later started with computers: an IBM 1130 that took up a room, spoke with data switches and punch cards, and was a grand total of 8k.
Seems to me that, in theory, these tests would have been better than a test given using Western languages and mathmatics.
re: #17 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Blacks have historically scored 10 - 15 points below whites on standard “IQ” tests. This is indisputable, as facts so often are.
1) Any individual’s score can vary by +- 15 points, so a ten point difference means very little.
2) As Stephen Jay Gould points out, gleefully and at length (The Mismeasure of Man), it’s very very hard to take the bias out of IQ tests, so a 10 point difference doesn’t mean much, if anything.
I have only the vaguest memory of the IQ tests I was given in 2nd grade; but ISTR there was a lot of vocabulary/reading comprehension/math. Results were mostly about the quality of the schooling you’d had so far, rather than innate potential.
Elon Musk responds to and affirms false claim that Israel found that “zero young healthy individuals died of Covid-19”: ~1,500 retweets, 20,000 likes
Israeli Ministry of Health corrects the claim, calling it “fake news”: 49 retweets, 305 likes pic.twitter.com/VDTzB3dxnQ— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) May 29, 2023
re: #22 Jay C
I’ll go you one better: I survived the 9/11 attack, and I was in Manhattan!
i survived 9/11 from Florida, but i worked in in Manhattan in the 80’s*
* ie the 1980s. not upper manhattan
though wait, i did work in the upper west side and east side sometimes
oh, drop it
re: #21 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Longfellow was writing about a trend started on both sides during the war. The Grand Army of the Republic’s leader General John. A. Logan declared May 30 as the day to honour Union war dead (that day was picked because no major Civil war battle occurred on that day). Following that, Michigan became the first state to make Decoration Day an official state holiday in 1871. By 1882 all the northern states had followed suit.
In the South, it was the Ladies Memorial Association which is credited with the idea of decorating the graves of Confederate war dead, which spread to the North.
Members of my family served under Logan, and we always called it Decoration Day. It was a big family event.
“In a conversation with senior staff members, Trump said, ‘Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.’ In a separate conversation, Trump referred to the marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as ‘suckers’ for getting killed.”https://t.co/WlLYFUEC1Y
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 29, 2023
Gah! What is happening here? What did they do to Bill Kristol to make him almost reasonable?
I often said Trump governed as a wartime president, but the war was for red America vs. blue America. Trump has made that even more explicit (promising to deliver “retribution’) but DeSantis clearly has followed his path-promising to impose GOP base’s values/grievances on all US https://t.co/lDEqQidz7p
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) May 29, 2023
re: #23 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Aside from the unhinged rant, my brain derailed on the first phrase “Happy Memorial Day.”
re: #11 TarHellion
Blind squirrel or stopped clock moment?
Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 29, 2023
This Uganda law is horrific & wrong.
Any law criminalizing homosexuality or imposing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” is grotesque & an abomination.
ALL civilized nations should join together in condemning this human rights abuse.
Ted feels the sand shift beneath his feet.
There are still heroes! Even in our Post-Modern age.
In last century at the very least. Yeah, better than Rayburn who had bigger majorities. Go ahead, discuss https://t.co/Q4UjcP40Ls
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 28, 2023
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Hence my earlier comment that Trump is similar to ChatGPT. Both string words together without comprehension.
Although ChatGPT is far more polished.
re: #26 sagehen
I thought the same thing about the MENSA test I took.
Unless someone could recreate mathematics in the space of the test it required education.
Maybe the point was that if someone could recreate math in the space of ninety minutes there was no doubt they were a MENSA member.
re: #26 sagehen
I have only the vaguest memory of the IQ tests I was given in 2nd grade; but ISTR there was a lot of vocabulary/reading comprehension/math. Results were mostly about the quality of the schooling you’d had so far, rather than innate potential.
the only kind-of iq test i ever took was ASVAB in high-school, where I just remember much of the test being how good I was at rotating “3-dimensional” shapes on the page and recognizing how the final shape would be oriented at the end of, say, being flipped upside down and then other weird shit being done to it. The Army wanted me bad after that. Recruiters making special trips, blah blah blah. Dad had been in Vietnam as a chaplain. He and Mom were basically “under no circumstances will you join the fucking Army.” He’d seen enough of war—shit he never talked about, even when he got more mellow about it in later years—to know that no son of his was getting into that.
RFKJr tweeted support for Roger Waters. And then “Found Out”.
The batshit low information candidate for batshit low information voters…
“I only support his batshit insane and terrible views on two things.” https://t.co/wqXLLKSCec
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 28, 2023
re: #38 steve_davis
the only kind-of iq test i ever took was ASVAB in high-school, where I just remember much of the test being how good I was at rotating “3-dimensional” shapes on the page and recognizing how the final shape would be oriented at the end of, say, being flipped upside down and then other weird shit being done to it. The Army wanted me bad after that. Recruiters making special trips, blah blah blah. Dad had been in Vietnam as a chaplain. He and Mom were basically “under no circumstances will you join the fucking Army.” He’d seen enough of war—shit he never talked about, even when he got more mellow about it in later years—to know that no son of his was getting into that.
I got the highest ASVAB score in my school, but they only gave the test to people in at least one shop class. Recruiters lost interest pretty quickly once they met me. I’ve never been a good fit for organizations that tell you what to do.
re: #22 Jay C
I’ll go you one better: I survived the 9/11 attack, and I was in Manhattan!
Anyone within the fuel range of the jets (which is to say pretty much anyone in the continental US) was equally a survivor!
/
re: #36 BeenHereAwhile
Shi’a v Sunni.
And who’s gonna protect the Taliban from the Iranians?
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Taliban vs Iranian. I guess that I really should have sympathy for them.
Does it make me a bad person when I fail at that task?
re: #41 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I got the highest ASVAB score in my school, but they only gave the test to people in at least one shop class. Recruiters lost interest pretty quickly once they met me. I’ve never been a good fit for organizations that tell you what to do.
yeah, pretty much same here! :-) Even I recognized that I would probably spend much of my time in the stockade, but it was the early 80’s, and an ability to roll a well-sealed joint still counted for something.
re: #12 ckkatz
Is this the beginning of the water wars we have been warned could result from climate change?
re: #45 No Malarkey!
Is this the beginning of the water wars we have been warned could result from climate change?
Probably.
That region has been extremely arid throughout the modern era. I suspect that conditions there are deteriorating.
Additionally, I suspect that increasing population is also adding to the pressures. And, for some reason, people object to starving to death.
re: #25 retired cynic
As a kid until into my mid-20s, I worked at a company (where my mother was office manager) that developed personality and IQ tests. The IQ tests were “culture free”, as most IQ tests were not, using language and cultural hints that anyone not part of the “white, literate, western culture” would have trouble using. Part of the validation of the IQ tests involved usage in many different cultures around the US and the globe. There was no language involved in the test, and the test giver had to be especially trained. I am not arguing for or against, and I have absolutely no idea what the field is like now. I was strictly clerical, and later started with computers: an IBM 1130 that took up a room, spoke with data switches and punch cards, and was a grand total of 8k.
Seems to me that, in theory, these tests would have been better than a test given using Western languages and mathmatics.
Could be…
But all you learn dipping into the field is that removing bias is really hard, and even if you think you’ve done it, you probably haven’t quite.
I should add that having something like asthma or allergies, or being on prescription medicines for same can also lower your score (where do we find the highest incidences of asthma and hay fever?)
My conclusion is that if you score high on the test, you’re probably pretty bright, but a low score says nothing about your intelligence.
re: #20 BigPapa
The discussion also leaves out schooling and other societal factors.
Which is the whole point of CRT.
Also look up the Flynn Effect For whatever reasons, the average test score has gone up over the years. An average score of 100 in the 40s would be an 85 today. Were our grandparents stupid or is there some bias in the tests?
In 1967 when I flunked out of college the Navy offered me “any training I qualified for by boot camp testing.” (Wasn’t the last time I was lied to in four and one half years.)
I tested the last of 60 in my platoon in the test for mechanical aptitude and I aced the general intelligence test with a perfect score, missing nothing.
They wanted me to learn Chinese, I didn’t want to; I wanted to be a meterologist. I ended up swabbing the the deck and chipping paint on the deck crew of an amphibious ship - and eventually got its commanding officer shitcanned a couple of years later :) but that’s another story.
re: #37 Romantic Heretic
I thought the same thing about the MENSA test I took.
Unless someone could recreate mathematics in the space of the test it required education.
Maybe the point was that if someone could recreate math in the space of ninety minutes there was no doubt they were a MENSA member.
I took the California Test of Mental Maturity in 1979. That test was originally developed to try to remove cultural bias from the test. It has no maths in the test. The test was developed in the Thirties and normed using high school students in Vancouver, BC. It was then checked against high school students in Los Angeles. After norming the test, they deëphasised the vocabulary section of the test as culturally-biased.
It starts with three “pre-tests” which are not used for measurement, but to determine if you have a physical problem which would interfere with taking the test (sight, sound, and motor control tests). If you do not pass those sections, you do not go on to the main test (and will probably be recommended to see a physician).
The test is broken into subsections and scored as a percentile against the norm (the test has been re-normed many times since the original). The percentiles then go through the magick of the proctor to come up with an overall percentile, which then translates to the more standard IQ scores people are familiar with.
Mensa used to give scores until the Nineties or so, but the American Psychological Association told Mensa to quit doing that (the APA licenses Mensa to administer tests). They only score “pass” and “not passed” for entry into Mensa now.
re: #48 silverdolphin
Also look up the Flynn Effect For whatever reasons, the average test score has gone up over the years. An average score of 100 in the 40s would be an 85 today. Were our grandparents stupid or is there some bias in the tests?
Again, fifteen points (means little). We’ve gotten more and more capable of taking those types of tests.
re: #43 ckkatz
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Taliban vs Iranian. I guess that I really should have sympathy for them.
Does it make me a bad person when I fail at that task?
No.
But my money is on the Persian/Iranians who have been kicking ass - when necessary - in that area of Afghanistan for thousands of years. And the relatively new religious conflict increases their passion for retribution against the Taliban.
re: #45 No Malarkey!
Is this the beginning of the water wars we have been warned could result from climate change?
I think the Arab Spring was a result of water wars, no?
re: #41 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I got the highest ASVAB score in my school, but they only gave the test to people in at least one shop class. Recruiters lost interest pretty quickly once they met me. I’ve never been a good fit for organizations that tell you what to do.
I did not take the ASVAB in school because they administered it in 11th grade and I was out of the country. I did take it in 12th grade when I was signing up for the Navy.
That test isn’t really an IQ test, though parts of it relate to IQ. A lot of it tests specific skills such as mechanical or electrical aptitude (things you’ve learned). It also has the weird coding speed test (how fast can you tell printed “O”s from “C”s, used for things like intelligence work).
*snork*
The right-wing J6 defenders have put up a blue wall, in an attempt to stop songs that include lyrics such as “don’t attack our Capitol” from drowning them out. pic.twitter.com/u7UDDD0lwm
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 29, 2023
Is Trump really crazy enough to run in 2028 if he loses in 2024?
(I know. He probably is.)
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
Is Trump really crazy enough to run in 2028 if he loses in 2024?
(I know. He probably is.)
It will be more difficult for him to do so from either a prison cell or a grave.
re: #52 BeenHereAwhile
No.
But my money is on the Persian/Iranians who have been kicking ass - when necessary - in that area of Afghanistan for thousands of years. And the relatively new religious conflict increases their passion for retribution against the Taliban.
That and Iran has a professional army and a craptonne of equipment. I’m not sure if the Taliban have had enough time to reorganise their militia structure into an effective army.
I have discovered that Chat GPT has a left wing bias.
The notion that climate change is a hoax created as part of a global conspiracy to impose a tyrannical Marxist government on the planet is a claim that lacks substantial evidence and is considered a conspiracy theory. The scientific consensus is clear: climate change is a real and pressing issue supported by extensive research conducted by experts in various fields.
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” John F. Kennedy
.#sunrise #flaglerbeach #memorialday #mindset #gratitude #positivevibes #sweeterwhensalty #pleasedontmakemecrossthebridge #flaglersurf pic.twitter.com/Dxriv8Z1nz— Flagler Surf 🌊🌊🌊 (@FlaglerSurf1) May 29, 2023
re: #27 DodgerFan1988
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He credulously retweeted/agreed with a Zerohedge article 😂. Sad even for him.
re: #12 ckkatz
Afghanistan’s Tolo News has their side of the story.
Days after the armed disputes between the Islamic Emirate and Iranian border guards, Kabul said that it does not want tensions with any side including neighbors.
On Saturday, the Islamic Emirate’s forces and the Iranian border guards engaged in fighting which left two Iranian military personnel killed, according to Iranian media. One member of the Islamic Emirate forces was also killed in the clash, said an Islamic Emirate official.
The Islamic Emirate’s deputy spokesman, Bilal Karimi, said that the two sides are discussing the issue.
“The stance and policy of the Islamic Emirate is in general that it doesn’t want tensions with any side particularly the neighboring countries and regarding this small dispute that happened at a local level between the two neighboring countries along the border, the officials of the two sides are in contact and any incidents that happen, they will find a solution,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Minister of Interior, Ahmad Wahidi, said that the fighting was not very severe.
“It was a small clash and was solved. There were negotiations with the Taliban side. We don’t have a problem now and the border is calm. The border is open for travel,” he said.
(more, May 16, 2023)
Kabul Does Not Want Tension With Anyone Including Neighbors: Karimi
re: #54 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I did not take the ASVAB in school because they administered it in 11th grade and I was out of the country. I did take it in 12th grade when I was signing up for the Navy.
That test isn’t really an IQ test, though parts of it relate to IQ. A lot of it tests specific skills such as mechanical or electrical aptitude (things you’ve learned). It also has the weird coding speed test (how fast can you tell printed “O”s from “C”s, used for things like intelligence work).
yeah, my suspicion is they wanted me for the O’s and C’s stuff. Either that, or helicopter maintenance. I was pretty good at rotating objects.
Has anyone ever had this happen on amazon: I have an order that is supposed to come today by 10 PM and it has not been shipped or assigned a carrier.
re: #61 JC1
He credulously retweeted/agreed with a Zerohedge article 😂. Sad even for him.
Lots of drones are in there defending both Musk and ZeroHedge. You need to read all sides of a story!
re: #63 steve_davis
yeah, my suspicion is they wanted me for the O’s and C’s stuff. Either that, or helicopter maintenance. I was pretty good at rotating objects.
I fell off a helicopter, does that count? I rotated to the tarmac.
re: #22 Jay C
I’ll go you one better: I survived the 9/11 attack, and I was in Manhattan!
I survived 9/11 less than a mile from the pentagon and less than a block from the WH. Yeah, flight 97 never made it out of PA, but the possibility was there…
re: #55 ckkatz
*snork*
I used to think that. But they did go to Arlington another day and made it all about themselves. So I’m glad they’re staying away and not polluting a space that is sacred to many Americans.
— 1776 Restoration Movement: The Mockumentary (@1776mocumentary) May 29, 2023
re: #64 PhillyPretzel ✅
Has anyone ever had this happen on amazon: I have an order that is supposed to come today by 10 PM and it has not been shipped or assigned a carrier.
i have had that happen. I have also routinely had “you’re the next stop!” on shit that never arrived.
re: #69 steve_davis
I will give them until tomorrow to ship out the items. They probably could not get anyone to work today.
Here we go. Panorama Point (the highest elevation in Nebraska, higher than Denver) is under a storm warning.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Kimball County, NE, Laramie County, WY until 2:30 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/13fCAYbaxV
— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) May 29, 2023
re: #70 PhillyPretzel ✅
We got Amazon delivery today in Westchester County NY. I felt bad for the workers not getting a paid day off. Getting more pro-union the older I get
The fellow put up a two-page letter in Hebrew, so I can’t read it. He highlighted a couple sections which he says proves his point.
Didn’t the MOH just say this is fake news?
— Darkwraith Covenant (@darkwraithcoven) May 29, 2023
re: #51 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Again, fifteen points (means little). We’ve gotten more and more capable of taking those types of tests.
Yep. The average score in 1932 would have been an 80 in 1997. Since our grandparents were not idiots, this demonstrates that IQ tests do not measure IQ.
IMHO, these IQ tests measure a prominant ability to use abstract thinking to deal with the world around us. Flynn in one of his books discusses how the world today requires greater use of hypotheses and model-building than 50 years ago. We use complex models every day to do things like decide if we need an umbrella, what traffic is going to be like, or is the fruit ripe. Perhaps dealing with a more abstract and an increasingly complex cultural environment full of contradictions is reflected in increasing IQ scores.
Thread, three tweets. Morans are zooming in fast and low.
We provided the limited data available if something was shared during epidemiological investigation - this data was available for only 27 people -7.5% of the 356 young people who died of COVID In Israel >>>
— משרד הבריאות (@IsraelMOH) May 29, 2023
Something is really flaky with Tweetdeck. Kept on freezing Chrome. I shut it down.
re: #64 PhillyPretzel ✅
Has anyone ever had this happen on amazon: I have an order that is supposed to come today by 10 PM and it has not been shipped or assigned a carrier.
I have sold books on Amazon, and there have been times when I was unable to make the Amazon timing. But I always sent an email to the purchaser to explain, and to give them my schedule. I also shipped at a quicker rate at my own expense. Was your purchase from Amazon itself, or a private shipper? You have the ability to cancel, for non-delivery, and receive a full refund. The money does not go to the private shipper until the item has been shipped, with confirmation by the shipping method.
re: #73 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Looking through his timeline, he seems to have many many problems with other people doing what he doesn’t want them to do.
re: #48 silverdolphin
Also look up the Flynn Effect For whatever reasons, the average test score has gone up over the years. An average score of 100 in the 40s would be an 85 today. Were our grandparents stupid or is there some bias in the tests?
The article notes Flynn isn’t happy it’s named after him, due to who named it.
The Flynn effect is named for James R. Flynn, who did much to document it and promote awareness of its implications. The term itself was coined by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in their 1994 book The Bell Curve. Flynn stated that, if asked, he would have named the effect after Read D. Tuddenham who “was the first to present convincing evidence of massive gains on mental tests using a nationwide sample” in a 1948 article.
The article also notes a “reverse Flynn effect” wherein some European countries scores are declining. There is controversy on why that might be. There are others who say the effect has slowed down, or stopped altogether.
By the way, the series finale of Barry was chef’s kiss-perfect. Just a delightful story. Tragic and funny and profound.
Bill Hader should get all the Emmys.
What’s in the Seaweed? Researchers Find ‘High Amounts’ of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Sargassum
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re: #77 retired cynic
Both items are shipped by amazon.
I’m in the next county north of Sidney on the map.
Severe thunderstorm warnings are already going up outside the watch area to my west.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Colorado and Nebraska until 10 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/dheRqvyrhI
— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) May 29, 2023
The only way to answer that question https://t.co/SGcc5TfWrY
— Molly Jong-fast (@MollyJongFast) May 29, 2023
re: #78 jaunte
Looking through his timeline, he seems to have many many problems with other people doing what he doesn’t want them to do.
I just looked at that. It is a cesspool of swill: anti-trans hate, anti-vax nonsense, &c.
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Aside from the unhinged rant, my brain derailed on the first phrase “Happy Memorial Day.”
He is an insensitive idiot
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
Is Trump really crazy enough to run in 2028 if he loses in 2024?
(I know. He probably is.)
He’s run in 28 if he won in 24
He’d def push that envelope
re: #17 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Blacks have historically scored 10 - 15 points below whites on standard “IQ” tests. This is indisputable, as facts so often are.
1) Any individual’s score can vary by +- 15 points, so a ten point difference means very little.
2) As Stephen Jay Gould points out, gleefully and at length (The Mismeasure of Man), it’s very very hard to take the bias out of IQ tests, so a 10 point difference doesn’t mean much, if anything.
In the US… That’s not the case in other countries.
Though not IQ specifically, here’s an interesting look at standardized tests in the UK.
ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
re: #26 sagehen
I have only the vaguest memory of the IQ tests I was given in 2nd grade; but ISTR there was a lot of vocabulary/reading comprehension/math. Results were mostly about the quality of the schooling you’d had so far, rather than innate potential.
It is possible to create an IQ test that doesn’t have a cultural/educational bias, but most IQ tests are not that. An unbiased test would also test a narrower slice of intelligence.
Conservatives Reveal Why They’re So Triggered By Pride Merchandise
Don’t worry, there’s more…
re: #65 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Lots of drones are in there defending both Musk and ZeroHedge. You need to read all sides of a story!
Zerohedge is either run by the FSB or by someone very closely aligned with them. I’m fairly sure that they haven’t once criticized Putin about anything.
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We have some of these things in our home.
80s sound on pic.twitter.com/waDZeW5lSM
— The Best (@Figensport) May 28, 2023
So, has there been a parade of Republicans on social media holding up veterans on Memorial Day after they continuously voted against veteran and military benefits today?
Biden: One of the things that I heard some of you saying is why doesn’t Biden say what a good deal it is? You think that’s going to help get it passed? No. That’s why you guys don’t bargain very well. pic.twitter.com/q4xRKedQGy
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 29, 2023
re: #96 Backwoods Sleuth
Where’s the fun in avoiding an international catastrophe? That doesn’t sell advertising? Why does President Biden hate the media so much?
re: #96 Backwoods Sleuth
Biden knows the reporters want zero-sum horse race responses when the reality is that Biden represents *all* Americans and the deal is a compromise and probable win-win.
re: #98 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Biden knows the reporters want zero-sum horse race responses when the reality is that Biden represents *all* Americans and the deal is a compromise and probable win-win.
After it’s passed and signed he can joke about what a little bitch McCarthy is and how he hasn’t had this much fun since he watched Nancy Pelosi defenestrate John Boehner in the White House when they were negotiating the debt ceiling while he and Obama were together.
From the last thread re: First Concert attended:
Spring, 1973, Gaston Hall, Georgetown U., Springsteen, original band.
Maybe 400 seats, plus a couple hundred in the balcony? No opening act.
Wild Billy’s Circus Song to open, (Tuba, guitar), then two hours without a break. Glorious.
The asymmetry in American politics is really astounding. Dems get hounded by media and centrists and opponents about whether they’ll govern in a bipartisan fashion, and conservatives are out here promising tribunals https://t.co/6VlXHamXu6
— 🕷Dante Atkins🕷 (@DanteAtkins) May 29, 2023
re: #90 JC1
In the US… That’s not the case in other countries.
Though not IQ specifically, here’s an interesting look at standardized tests in the UK.
ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Yeah, I thought I said “in the US,” but well…
re: #84 Captain Ron
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I might have been tempted to look Douchey in the eye and ask him “Which crimes did you want me to pardon him for?” Put the little pissant on the spot, get him to say aloud what crimes he feels Trump deserves a pass on. If he can’t give a straight answer without deflecting, just shrug and respond “Obviously, that wasn’t a serious question, if you can’t tell me why I should issue him a pardon.”
Not if they DM each other
— Anarcho Memes (@AnarchoMemes) May 29, 2023
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
Is Trump really crazy enough to run in 2028 if he loses in 2024?
(I know. He probably is.)
Hopefully he’ll be dead. (Yeah, I said it)
re: #105 Ace Rothstein
Hopefully he’ll be dead. (Yeah, I said it)
Even if he is dead in 2028 the MAGATS will vote for his corpse because Pulpit Pimp Paula White will insist that Trump speaks thru her.
Yay. I got a tracking number for my items. I might get the items this evening.
This may not be the sweetest thing you’ll see today but, it’s up there. pic.twitter.com/67OIifUTIX
— Deb 🌻 🟧 (@DontCallMeDebby) May 29, 2023
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
Judging from the pictures I saw the other day he might not make it to 2024.
He looked really old and wasting away.
re: #101 jaunte
I expect lots of pieces excoriating DeSadist in the NYT and other media.
Yeah, right! Who the fuck am I kidding?
re: #58 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
At which point Iran will run into the Afghanistan problem. Easy to get in, really hard to stay.
Even Alex The Great found staying hard. Although his generals found it a handy place to get rid of dissidents. Like the Silver Shields.
if you asked to be called ms. smith instead of mrs. smith are you forcing that on people or just asking them to call you by what you prefer to be called? would it not be rude if someone intentionally called you mrs. when you asked them to call you ms.?
why is it hard to be polite https://t.co/JfuT0HGKAt— Atheist Girl 🦄 Woke AF 🏳️🌈🟧🟦 (@iamAtheistGirl) May 29, 2023
re: #110 Romantic Heretic
McDonald’s and KFC are intentionally poisoning Our Dear Leader!
re: #114 TarHellion
Nah. I think Vlad gave him some of his special tea.
re: #110 Romantic Heretic
Judging from the pictures I saw the other day he might not make it to 2024.
He looked really old and wasting away.
I just want him to stay healthy long enough to experience incarceration.
re: #89 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
This is assuming that there will be a 2028 election. Something I doubt that festering, orange anal cyst will allow if he becomes POTUS again.
UPDATE: @VoteGloriaJ (D-Knoxville) ‘seriously’ weighing bid for senate seat held by @MarshaBlackburn 👀
GLORIA: “It needs to be done. People want somebody who will stand up for Tennessee families, they just don’t feel Marsha’s doing the job.” https://t.co/HshFg1ZMKI— The Knoxville Holler (@KnoxvilleHoller) May 29, 2023
Call her Mr. Havisham and watch how fast she suddenly cares about gender identity.
The word “cis” requires that you believe that you have a gender identity that decides you gender or even sex. I personally don’t have one, and I don’t want people to force this on me. I am a woman because my body is female. Forcing Cis on me is like forcing baptism on me.
— Miss Havisham (@MissHavisham10) May 29, 2023
BOOOOOOM!!!
Lighting strike 50 feet from the house.
Lucy the dog is trying to climb in my lap.
re: #104 GlutenFreeJesus
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It’s the tweets higher that are the real laugh:
I mean, you had a choice.
You could have stood up to these countries and said “No” to their censorship.
And yet, you censored them anyway.
But go off, Elon. Pretend to be for free speech. pic.twitter.com/auS6b6DMqX— Landon Best 🔰🗽 (@Best4Liberty) May 28, 2023
If you’re a “free speech absolutist,” then the choice is pretty simple: Don’t participate in any censorship whatsoever. If the Turkish gov’t (read: Erdoğan) takes steps to throttle or ban free speech, then you do whatever you can to fight against it.
The quote “We’ve established what you are, now we’re merely haggling over the price” comes to mind.
I discovered just now, after more than 2 years, that my cat absolutely LOVES getting groomed with the prickly brush. She not only immediately started purring, but she went over on one side so that I could run the brush down that hair, and then did not argue when I flipped her so that I could do the other side. I’ve never groomed her before because she’s very fastidious about her grooming and I did not want to insult her by the metaphorical equivalent of offering a tic-tac to a twice-a-day flosser.
Trading a shovel with a steam shovel, with some light racism thrown in.
Cis is not a slur, oh my goodness.
— Jonah M. Salcedo (they/them) (@JonahMSalcedo) May 29, 2023
“Oh bother,” said Pooh.
“What is it?” whispered Christopher Robin.
“I wanted hunny from the bees, but we are on a quite bothersome lockdown.” https://t.co/Fuyy7OXD9b— it’s lawsuit time (@jesseltaylor) May 29, 2023
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Tbh, I’ve never had to describe myself as cisgender. If I did, it would be no big deal. It’s amazing what some people whine about.
re: #90 JC1
In the US… That’s not the case in other countries.
Though not IQ specifically, here’s an interesting look at standardized tests in the UK.
ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
people have been getting a bit smarter decade by decade since the beginning at least of the Christian era. They’ve also decade by decade been getting taller. It’s a little known fact that Henry V had a brain the size of a walnut and rode into battle on a corgi. When you see pictures of this shit in books, those images are 1:1 scale.
Ah, I see you got the DeWalt cordless…
As the 21st anniversary of #TheWire nears, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite scenes. This is one of them. pic.twitter.com/Mi3gQsqPRN— Ziggy_Sobotka (@Ziggys_Duck) May 29, 2023
The Ken Paxton impeachment literally just entered the Texas Senate. pic.twitter.com/lnUmpryqKh
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) May 29, 2023
While this was happening, Paxton tweet this:https://t.co/V8fCxqANyt
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) May 29, 2023
re: #130 Backwoods Sleuth
this is who Paxton is thanking:
Thank you! Appreciate all of your support. https://t.co/qQjcrFwE7z
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) May 29, 2023
re: #125 Backwoods Sleuth
And Texan voters are perfectly fine with that. That’s why they keep voting for Republicans.
re: #124 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Trading a shovel with a steam shovel, with some light racism thrown in.
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This response really gets to the meat of it:
It’s only an insult because you treat “trans” as one.
It is basic terminology in science. Pronouns are basic components of language and grammar.
Your petulant foot stomping just shows everyone who you are.— pepperedchef (@pepperedchef) May 29, 2023
The people who scream and wail at you about scientific definitions and think “WHAT IS A WOMAN!?” is a clever slogan are getting pissed that others are using correct terminology…because it reminds them that “those people” exist when they’d really rather continue to live in ignorant bliss.
re: #124 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Trading a shovel with a steam shovel, with some light racism thrown in.
Science and language are so often descriptive.
Trans means your gender assigned at birth doesn’t necessarily coincide with your inner conception of yourself. Your gamedes don’t match your brain. Cisgender just means you feel comfortable with a gender that matches your gamedes. I fail to see why more descriptive language hurts this person so much.
^^^ Targetpractice beat my by a few seconds with a similar comment.
You probably should leave that political party rather than continue to associate with them.
You could come over to the dark side, we have cookies. /s
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@GodlessEngineer
Christian nationalists have hijacked the GOP and my faith community, says Wyoming Republicanhttps://t.co/N2M7n902RH— FORD #RebelAlliance (@BenjieFord) May 29, 2023
re: #128 steve_davis
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. You will be the prized pets of a long-serving queen one day.”
re: #136 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
You probably should leave that political party rather than continue to associate with them.
You could come over to the dark side, we have cookies. /s
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“Christian nationalists have hijacked the GOP and my faith community, but instead of abandoning the party and encouraging everybody I know to do the same until it’s reduced to a whacked out rump that has zero political relevance, I’ll continue to pull the lever for it while recruiting others into the ranks because otherwise they’ll cancel my country club membership.”
re: #141 Belafon
“I KNEW I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque.”
re: #112 Romantic Heretic
At which point Iran will run into the Afghanistan problem. Easy to get in, really hard to stay.
Even Alex The Great found staying hard. Although his generals found it a handy place to get rid of dissidents. Like the Silver Shields.
I suspect Dari is the majority language of the area.
IAE, Persia/Iran has been a major influence in the area for thousands of years.
My guess is local tribal leaders on both sides will get together, drink some tea, and agree to wait to see what Iran does in response.
What Allah wills, happens.
re: #81 jaunte
What’s in the Seaweed? Researchers Find ‘High Amounts’ of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Sargassum
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It’s finally happened.
The sea is no longer content with passively clowning our attempts to master it and has gone on the offensive.
TX Gov Gets Bill Mandating Armed Guards At Schools - https://t.co/t9gtie2LkB pic.twitter.com/1ZjbQp7syv
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 29, 2023
9,000 campuses in Texas. I wonder if they bothered to calculate the costs. Say $70,000 a year in salary, benefits and training for each guard. Many campuses would need more than 1 guard.
re: #147 Captain Ron
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9,000 campuses in Texas. I wonder if they bothered to calculate the costs. Say $70,000 a year in salary, benefits and training for each guard. Many campuses would need more than 1 guard.
Yeah, we all remember how the armed guard at Parkland prevented a mass shooting there.
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Sunday morning thoughts… hope you all have a lovely day. pic.twitter.com/wh1upcQVam
— KC Gleason (@ge_kaitlyn) May 28, 2023
I wish schools taught this.
Memorial Day began in 1865 when 10,000 former enslaved & a few white missionaries honored fallen Union soldiers.
It was founded in memory of those who gave their life to end white supremacy terror, slavery, & human traffickinghttps://t.co/7t1NLPqOvo pic.twitter.com/MBNa5PCuP7— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) May 29, 2023
re: #151 TarHellion
He’s a sharter.
God, I just noticed he has the same sunken shaded eyes as serial pervert Gaetz.
Send lawyers, guns, and money—
The shit has hit the fan! https://t.co/NcZbu0Tfgo— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) May 29, 2023
USA! USA! USA!
🚨#BREAKING: Mass Shooting Erupts on Memorial Day at Hollywood Beach Leaving Multiple Victims Injured
⁰📌#Hollywood | #Florida⁰⁰Currently multiple Law enforcements and other agencies are responding to a mass shooting at Margaritaville in Hollywood Beach, Florida. After… pic.twitter.com/GRdTkoNrpX— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 29, 2023
It was quiet all day now some of my idiot neighbors are shooting off fireworks.
Let the hate flow through you… .
Franklin Graham: The Dodgers “Platform Perversion” - https://t.co/W3MJO2wQNK pic.twitter.com/26Bl4cDXGU
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 29, 2023
re: #158 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Let the hate flow through you… .
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I wonder how much porn is on Franky Graham Cracker’s laptop…
re: #156 EstebanTornado1963
Hollywood police respond to reports of multiple people shot at Broadwalk https://t.co/um2jUEnuWt
— CBS News Miami (@CBSMiami) May 29, 2023
Idiotspeak
— 2GunCorky (@GunCorky) May 30, 2023
re: #131 Backwoods Sleuth
this is who Paxton is thanking:
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“Process matters” just don’t apply it to Paxton.
A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate. https://t.co/9GkiZ7gAfP
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 30, 2023
Ken Paxton was immediately suspended from office after the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted Saturday to impeach the three-term attorney general, who has been dogged by ethical and criminal accusations since taking office in 2015.
The Senate unanimously adopted a measure Monday that called for the trial to begin not later than Aug. 28.
How did I miss Trump’s announcement of a “Ballot Harvesting Fund?” The scams and the grift make my head hurt.🤕 pic.twitter.com/t7tjEmoTZA
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 29, 2023
re: #160 Backwoods Sleuth
I just talked to my wingnut sister last night, she’s apoplectic about the hideous crime rate in NYC, especially on the subways. She said “I know you’re afraid of the subway, that’s why you take cabs.” I said “no, it’s because I walk with a cane and I don’t go places with a lot of stairs.”
She mentioned 3 or 4 high profile subway crimes over the past few months. I said “do you know how many tens of millions of people have ridden the subways perfectly safely in that much time? What about shootings in Florida? Don’t you think that’s a frightening bit of crime?” She kept on about NYC crime. While I kept saying “Florida Florida Florida.”
The conversation ended with hurt feelings all the way around.
real intellectuals all around pic.twitter.com/bXvVWOWXk8
— Dylan Burns 🇺🇦🏳️🌈 (@DylanBurns1776) May 29, 2023
re: #166 sagehen
Sounds like my Jesusbot relatives reciting the latest Frank Luntz talking point they get from their Pulpit Pimps and SNOOZEMAX.
https://t.co/C8oP7UaoMN pic.twitter.com/ZUsltNbRxn
— Keith Sopchoppy (@AssBoss80085) May 29, 2023
Clashes between Kosovo citizens of Serb ethnicity and those of Albanian ethnicity.
Because this is the Balkans there are centuries of disagreements involved. And nothing is ever easy.
As I understand it, the Serbian government started to create strife and then backed down in the face of NATO.
Because Serbia is now siding with NATO against Russia, NATO is trying to keep things along the Kosovo border quiet. But I suspect that pro-Russian groups are having a field day.
Then the Kosovo Serbs boycotted the local elections. (Supposedly over having to transition to generic license plates from special Serbian ones. But I am sure that there are a lot of underlying issues.)
Then the Kosovo Serbs started to protest that the election results do not represent their community interests and are trying to stop the newly elected officials from taking power.
Meanwhile, the Kosovo PM wants to send thousands of police and force the issue.
(Should be four tweets from the thread.)
Today, for the first time since tensions erupted last year NATO peacekeepers intervened between Kosovo Serbs and Albanians. Thousands of Serbs gathered in north Kosovo towns to prevent Albanian mayors from assuming office, forcing NATO to insert itself between the two sides. pic.twitter.com/NkjgOem6cj
— Una Hajdari (@UnaHajdari) May 29, 2023
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There’s a strong sense of disappointment in Prishtina after the much-lauded agreement between Kosovo and Serbia ended up not being signed, and Kosovo PM Kurti — who was a firebrand to start with — now sees no reason to trust the West with solving problems in his country.
— Una Hajdari (@UnaHajdari) May 29, 2023
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Italian FM Antonio Tajani has confirmed that 11 Italian NATO soldiers have been injured in the clashes, and that 3 of them are in critical condition. Italy has over the years been one of the main contributors to KFOR and the forces have been led by a string of Italian commanders. https://t.co/aZYw3NZSKy
— Una Hajdari (@UnaHajdari) May 29, 2023
re: #167 gocart mozart
Huff needs to be reminded that gold is the classiest color paint to use.
.@MehdiRHasan: “Conservatives who love to engage in doomsday histrionics whenever a homeless person shoplifts a loaf of bread from a San Francisco grocery store, those people, have no issue with maniacs tearing through Target stores… and menacing minimum wage retail workers.” pic.twitter.com/En0UtYoRc3
— The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) May 29, 2023
re: #173 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Scenes from a slow civil war. https://t.co/KbtM51cHfd
— THE UNDERTOW, by Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) May 29, 2023
Keep in the back of your mind even if this deal goes through all house GOPers voted for crushing spending cuts in the House outline bill. That’s going to be a centerpiece of ads in 2024.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 28, 2023
re: #175 Belafon
The Republican base doesn’t care how their officeholders vote as long as they’re elected and they put the screws to colored folks and queers.
As long as Republicans run on Jesus they will get elected in their gerrymandered districts.
I love Manhattanhenge. Every year, local news is like “8:13 is the best time to stare directly at the sun.”
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 29, 2023
Manhattenhenge! Tonight at 8:19 pm, & again tomorrow!
— East Village (@EastVillageNY) May 29, 2023
Manhattenhenge 2022, camped 6hrs for this shot pic.twitter.com/215qd0Yrdr
— Tristan Zhou (@trystane) June 1, 2022
re: #176 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
+1 for L7
A very special Memorial Day Remembrance. I posted this in 2009 and I’m reposting for our newer members. I have remembered this simple event every Memorial Day ever since.
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re: #183 ckkatz
Always enjoyed their song Shit List. Great to listen to on the way to work!
Today In 1974: Texas #Rangers batter Lenny Randle lays down a bunt so he can hammer Cleveland pitcher Milt Wilcox, who threw behind him in his previous at-bat! #MLB #OldSchool #Baseball #History pic.twitter.com/UK3FJG87Ty
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) May 29, 2023
New: @DanPatrick sends special-session wishlist to @GovAbbott #txlege pic.twitter.com/1CPSBVr865
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I would like to apologize for my actions this weekend.https://t.co/voTdbzEsfx
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 29, 2023
re: #147 Captain Ron
In the county I live in (Montgomery), they have school police officers at every school in the districts.
Instead, lawmakers voted for a Texas where:
❌Families can’t make life-saving health care decisions for their trans kids
❌Students don’t get an accurate and inclusive education because books are banned
❌Voters in major cities no longer have an equal say in local decisions— ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) May 30, 2023
re: #155 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
So what is the orange anal cyst’s nickname for Abbott gonna be?
The other day, someone posted a tweet about writing Bible stories as if they came from Florida, I could respond because I can no longer reply at work, but my contribution suddenly popped back in my head:
Florida man kills brother, authorities let him off with a warning.
re: #192 Ace Rothstein
So what is the orange anal cyst’s nickname for Abbott gonna be?
A Butt (stealing from libs, as he often does.)
re: #184 Cheechako
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re: #194 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
He calls DeSantis “Rob.” Maybe he’ll call Abbott “Gary.”
Love required https://t.co/QT24TFPVZK
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) May 29, 2023
It was supposed to be “Love requited” before autocorrect.
re: #181 Joe Bacon ✅
Ironically, the old (White) ladies and gentlemen tend to vote for Republicans.
I flew back from New Orleans today and any man that wears flip flops on a plane should be arrested and put on a no-fly list. Fucking disgusting.
re: #189 William Lewis
Nice to know we have an L7 fan club on this site!
There seems to be some dissension regarding the current NBA Championship officiating -
Deja vu. Celtics getting bailed out in Game 6’s seems almost… I dunno… not random. https://t.co/JwMegP8uub
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) May 28, 2023
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For non-basketball people, this is like if the MyPillow Guy, Kari Lake and the QAnon Shaman were named co-chairs of the FEC an hour before polls opened. https://t.co/b1dlziNAMj
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 29, 2023
re: #81 jaunte
What’s in the Seaweed? Researchers Find ‘High Amounts’ of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Sargassum
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I can see the hooro movie now. Family in a tacht trapped in the Sargasso Sea with flesh- eating bacteria.
re: #167 gocart mozart
It’s amazing that LGBTs like Peter Thiel and Caitlyn Jenner can publicly support a party which engages in such discussions. Republicans are on an anti-LGBT nationwide frenzy and can’t be stopped
re: #167 gocart mozart
2 months before Huff4Congress is arrested for child porn/solicitation of minors.
re: #201 ckkatz
There seems to be some dissension regarding the current NFL Championship officiating -
Scene from my house, 1984. Or maybe it was 1985.
“Honey, is it legal for a guy to do this with his elbow?”
“That depends. Did a Laker do it to a Celtic, or a Celtic did it to a Laker?”
re: #193 Belafon
The other day, someone posted a tweet about writing Bible stories as if they came from Florida, I could respond because I can no longer reply at work, but my contribution suddenly popped back in my head:
Florida man kills brother, authorities let him off with a warning.
Florida man is about to kill own son as a human sacrifice, but steals a goat instead.
re: #127 Patricia Kayden
Tbh, I’ve never had to describe myself as cisgender. If I did, it would be no big deal. It’s amazing what some people whine about.
Completely agree!
I’ve been clear that both She Who Must Be Obeyed and I are straight white people.
Until a couple of years ago, we didn’t realize we were cis, but we rolled with it with a bit of (whatever) side eye.
Whatever.
re: #195 ckkatz
The Army is just like any other large organization. There are both good and bad supervisors. The successful Officers will have very good relationship with their Sergeants as they realize their success will depend on how well the Sergeants and enlisted personnel perform.
In the unit I was working, we once got Major assigned to the unit who decided to make a Master Sergeants (E-8) life miserable. Nothing the M. Sgt. did was acceptable to the Major.
So after a couple of months, the Major received transfer orders to the Army equivalent of Thule, Greenland. A posting where families were not allowed. At the Majors good-bye party, the Master Sergeant took the Major aside and whispered into his ear “I told you not to fuck with me!”
Heres a little info about the Master Sergeant. He started his Army career by joining the Hawaii National Guard in 1939. He survived WW2 in a combat unit in the Pacific. He stayed in the Army and then survived 3 years of the Korean War. When I worked for him, he had about 28 years of total service. His uniform had 14 combat zone stripes which equals 7 years or so in combat zones.
He was the type of Sergeant the troops would follow to hell and back.
With this experience, I think he was on a first name basis with every senior Sergeant in the Pentagon. All it took was one phone call to a long time friend and the Major was on his way out of the Unit.
re: #117 Romantic Heretic
This is assuming that there will be a 2028 election. Something I doubt that festering, orange anal cyst will allow if he becomes POTUS again.
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…”
They may think they can accomplish a coup but they simply do not have enough military to subdue all the protests. 80-100 million people is a lot. Heck Texas and Florida have more Democrats than any state besides California. Four of the top 10 most populous cities are in Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio). All Blue.
The people have a lot of power that fascists do not recognize. Protests would be everywhere the fascists try this.(And again, there are not enough miitary or police to effectively subdue the will of a majority of Americans.) And they would have no money when Blue states keep tax revenues and people go on general strikes. And In fact, the top 10 cities by GDP, all Blue, produce 1/3 of the entire GDP of the US which could be leverage. And what would they do when Blue states refuse to send food or goods to states supporting the coup (12% of the food grown in the US comes from California). And they have no concept of the size of America nor the logistics needed to maintain such a coup.
They would lose but thousands would die. Which is why we need to win big now. There needs to be unconditional surrender of the GOP. As someone wise has said GOP delenda est.
re: #208 Cheechako
[snip]
He was the type of Sergeant the troops would follow to hell and back.
With this experience, I think he was on a first name basis with every senior Sergeant in the Pentagon. All it took was one phone call to a long time friend and the Major was on his way out of the Unit.
One of the most innovative things in the US military is the rise of professional non-commissioned officers with the experience and support to lead troops. We have dispersed power outwards, giving them lot of autonomy. This provides resiliency and adaptivity during the fog of war.
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