Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Live: "Swan Song"

Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Live: “Swan Song”

MusicAugust 2023 • Views: 17,392

“Swan Song” performed by Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers. Recorded live at the State Theatre in Portland, ME on June 30, 2023. “Swan Song” was written by Bruce Hornsby and originally recorded for the Spirit Trail album released in 1998. Bruce will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Spirit Trail this year with a special tour and deluxe re-issue of the album. Find more information & tour dates at brucehornsby.com

Shot and edited by Jesse Lafountaine.
Additional camera operators: Josh Swan and Mercedes Mehling

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384 comments

Ace Rothstein Aug 8, 2023 • 5:39:44pm

One day, old white men are going to learn that a lot of Republican women have had abortions in their lifetimes.

Charles Johnson Aug 8, 2023 • 5:40:17pm

All I can do is do what I do.

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Aug 8, 2023 • 5:44:48pm

Happy thoughts from Chris Christie.

You’re Going to Jail: Chris Christie delivers GRIM WARNING to Trump

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Aug 8, 2023 • 5:48:18pm

Superconductor LK99 Update

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 8, 2023 • 5:48:43pm

re: #3 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Nice thoughts from Chris Christie.

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Paint that picture. As Bob Ross would have (probably not) said, it’s a happy little prison cell!

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 8, 2023 • 5:52:11pm

Posted yet?

I’ve seen enough: in a major victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1 (a measure to raise the threshold to pass a state constitutional amendment to 60%) fails.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 8, 2023

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 5:52:58pm

so far…

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 8, 2023 • 5:56:41pm

re: #6 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Posted yet?

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Apparently 62% to 38.

Huge

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 5:57:33pm

Post just called it for NO

Ace Rothstein Aug 8, 2023 • 5:57:46pm

re: #8 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Apparently 62% to 38.

Huge

Fucking idiots will never learn. Keep it up.

No Malarkey! Aug 8, 2023 • 5:58:14pm

Educated suburbanites going to the polls in elections held at the most random ass times in an off year pic.twitter.com/W7KUkehsfN

— Elon Musk’s #1 hater (@Jar_Jar_Drinks) August 9, 2023

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 6:03:02pm

jaunte Aug 8, 2023 • 6:12:40pm

re: #9 Joe Bacon ✅

All returns maps should be handled in a way that emphasizes: people vote, not land.

BlueSpotinAL ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 6:24:42pm

Democrats in states with amendments by petition should make huge efforts to have abortion rights amendments on the ballot in 2030, just like the GOP did with gay marriage in 2010.

EPR-radar Aug 8, 2023 • 6:26:13pm

re: #14 BlueSpotinAL ✅

Democrats in states with amendments by petition should make huge efforts to have abortion rights amendments on the ballot in 2030, just like the GOP did with gay marriage in 2010.

Yes. Target the census year.

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 6:27:25pm

And another smackdown of Asshole Republicans. This time in Oregon

Oregon Republicans barred from running for re-election after boycotting votes

Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade has determined that Republicans who have repeatedly boycotted legislative sessions will not be allowed to run for re-election, reportedThe Oregonian on Tuesday.

“Griffin-Valade wrote that she views voter-approved Measure 113 as disqualifying Oregon lawmakers who received 10 or more unexcused absences during the 2023 legislative session from running for reelection in 2024,” reported Jamie Goldberg. “That was clearly what voters intended … Ballot language and media coverage all communicated to voters that the punishment for absences would impact lawmakers in their next term, not a later one.”

Although Democrats control majorities in the state legislature, Oregon has special rules that require a supermajority of lawmakers be present for a quorum to conduct business. As a consequence, the Republican minority has power to block consideration of bills on everything from abortion to climate action by simply walking out of the Capitol and not attending the voting sessions, and they have done so repeatedly.

Tensions have flared up over this practice; in 2019, then-Gov. Kate Brown threatened to have state police round up and retrieve absent Republican lawmakers, prompting state Sen. Brian Boquist to threaten to shoot troopers who tried to do so.

According to the report, nine total Republican lawmakers would be barred from running under Measure 113, including state Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, as well as Boquist, who changed his party affiliation to independent in 2021. Six of those lawmakers, including Knopp and Boquist, have only one year left in their term.

oregonlive.com

Nerdy Fish Aug 8, 2023 • 6:30:05pm

re: #16 Joe Bacon ✅

I’m assuming those 9 are in safe seats where they can just elect another asshole Republican in their place, thus costing them nothing except for those specific fools.

No Malarkey! Aug 8, 2023 • 6:30:16pm

Holy shit. 98% of the people in Ohio State University’s precinct voted NO on issue one. When I tell you Republicans are scared shitless of young people, this is what I mean. Young people see right through what Republicans are doing & it’s just not going to work with us.

— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) August 9, 2023

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Aug 8, 2023 • 6:31:06pm

re: #18 No Malarkey!

Republicans can try to ban college dropboxes. They can try taking away our rights. They can try raising the voting age. But mark my words when I say young people aren’t just NOT going to have it, they will turn out and be the generation that saves democracy. /END.

— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) August 9, 2023

No Malarkey! Aug 8, 2023 • 6:32:47pm

Kari Lake, who campaigned in Ohio this week for Amendment 1, says the election tonight was rigged. pic.twitter.com/yZ7qyk3Deh

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 9, 2023

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 8, 2023 • 6:33:53pm

re: #10 Ace Rothstein

Fucking idiots will never learn. Keep it up.

Nah. They’ll just find another way to try to get around The People since those people don’t really matter.

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 6:36:21pm

re: #20 No Malarkey!

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Did we expect KKKrazy KKKari to say anything else?

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 8, 2023 • 6:38:27pm

re: #20 No Malarkey!

One trick pony.

Nerdy Fish Aug 8, 2023 • 6:41:38pm

re: #23 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

One trick pony.

When you’re hammered, everything looks like a nail.

/Oh, is that not the saying?

jaunte Aug 8, 2023 • 6:43:42pm

re: #20 No Malarkey!

Making bank off the eedjits.

Election denial is lucrative: Kari Lake raised $2.5 million after Election Day
azmirror.com

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 6:49:06pm

re: #25 jaunte

Making bank off the eedjits.

And she’s gearing up according to Axios

Scoop: Kari Lake prepares to enter Arizona Senate race

axios.com

Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake is staffing up for a Senate campaign in anticipation of an October launch, making Arizona ground zero to replay — and relitigate — GOP losses in the last two elections.

jaunte Aug 8, 2023 • 6:51:10pm

re: #26 Joe Bacon ✅

Reporters should ask her at every turn how she expects to trust the election results.

Jay C Aug 8, 2023 • 6:57:01pm

re: #27 jaunte

Reporters should ask her at every turn how she expects to trust the election results.

Of course she will trust the election results: but only if she wins…

jaunte Aug 8, 2023 • 7:00:30pm

re: #18 No Malarkey!

Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social

taking a moment tonight to imagine how mad Samuel Alito must be. It’s good, I hope he gets madder and madder forever

Ace Rothstein Aug 8, 2023 • 7:00:54pm

re: #25 jaunte

Making bank off the eedjits.

The hustle never ends.

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 8, 2023 • 7:03:51pm

BigYaz8

The GOP plan to energize the base, state by state, is WORKING! Sadly for them, it’s our base

I Would Prefer Not To Aug 8, 2023 • 7:07:51pm

Captain Ron Aug 8, 2023 • 7:14:07pm

This isn’t over yet. When you raise millions based on a fraudulent claim, you’ve committed a crime. And, you just might have to give those millions back…Special counsel still scrutinizing finances of Trump’s PAC https://t.co/GP6HRVawyQ via @politico

— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) August 8, 2023

Captain Ron Aug 8, 2023 • 7:16:50pm

Oregon Republicans barred from running for re-election after boycotting votes https://t.co/VAGEHLXAC4

— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 9, 2023

jaunte Aug 8, 2023 • 7:17:48pm

re: #33 Captain Ron

“They’re never getting my stuff!”

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 8, 2023 • 7:23:25pm

On neck beards last thread

Gregory Peck. Ahab. Moby Dick.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 8, 2023 • 7:38:17pm

re: #24 Nerdy Fish

When you’re hammered, everything looks like a nail.

/Oh, is that not the saying?

When you’re hammered, ~~everything~~ everyone looks worthy of being nailed. 😁

No Malarkey! Aug 8, 2023 • 7:50:53pm

Issue 1 failed bigly, but by “only” 56%, which just goes to show that if it had passed, public initiatives to amend the Ohio Constitution would’ve effectively ended, as the GOP intended.

Hecuba's daughter Aug 8, 2023 • 7:58:57pm

re: #34 Captain Ron

“Oregon Republicans barred from running for re-election after boycotting votes”

Unfortunately the Republicans who replace them will engage in exactly the same obstructive behavior.

goddamnedfrank Aug 8, 2023 • 8:00:21pm

So I just got back from my first ride in the new bike shoes my Dad got me for my birthday. Now, normally I’d never do this but, y’all, this place is fucking legit, and these prices are too good not to share.

I mean, sure, it’s probably a mob operation or something, and yeah, maybe these shoes “fell of the back of a truck”, but hey we don’t actually know that for sure.

sizzzzlerz Aug 8, 2023 • 8:02:15pm

re: #20 No Malarkey!

Kari Lake, who campaigned in Ohio this week for Amendment 1, says the election tonight was rigged.

Jesus H. Christ! Give it a rest, woman. You are sounding like a howler monkey.

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 8:11:39pm

13, 19, 20, 32, and 33, and Mega Ball 14. The Megaplier was 2X.

Well, I got 2 and the Mega…

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 8:16:58pm

re: #42 Joe Bacon ✅

13, 19, 20, 32, and 33, and Mega Ball 14. The Megaplier was 2X.

Well, I got 2 and the Mega…

The Mega was rigged. I got the mega number once and no more than two of the other five on any other row. Keep drawing until I win.

Patricia Kayden Aug 8, 2023 • 8:17:05pm

re: #42 Joe Bacon ✅

You’re rich!!!

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 8:20:00pm

re: #44 Patricia Kayden

You’re rich!!!

2+Mega in California generally around $10…

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 8, 2023 • 8:24:58pm

re: #45 Joe Bacon ✅

2+Mega in California generally around $10…

Better than a poke in the eye.

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 8:25:57pm

re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Better than a poke in the eye.

Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 8:43:43pm

Nice day of pasty white people watching dogs swim in the water…

Sister in law and brother in law with his twin boys.

Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 8, 2023 • 8:46:24pm

Aw crap…

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retired cynic Aug 8, 2023 • 8:47:17pm

re: #49 Joe Bacon ✅

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 8, 2023 • 8:52:30pm

re: #49 Joe Bacon ✅

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darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 8:52:35pm

When you’re in a rental house and they don’t have basic cable…they have internet and the previous renters left their Apple+ logged in but you’re not in the mood for bullshit children’s programming, what do you do? I didnt’ feel like logging into Amazon or Netflix as we really just wanted to watch the end of the Giants game (they’re down 3-6 in the top of the 8th but they scored 6 in the ninth last night to win)…so I hit SamsungTV Plus…watching rebroadcasts of FIFA matches.

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 8:53:56pm

re: #49 Joe Bacon ✅

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darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 8:55:12pm

re: #52 darthstar

Still top of the 8th…now 5-6.

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 8:58:16pm

re: #54 darthstar

Still top of the 8th…now 5-6.

Ah…now bottom of the 8th…1 on, nobody out…but I have the live stream on my computer.

CleverToad Aug 8, 2023 • 8:59:15pm

re: #49 Joe Bacon ✅

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 8, 2023 • 8:59:25pm

re: #49 Joe Bacon ✅

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darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 9:00:53pm

One nice thing about playing with the dogs and getting a little sunburnt…I didn’t think about Trump once all day.

No Malarkey! Aug 8, 2023 • 9:01:33pm

NASA regains contact with Voyager 2 after accidentally commanding it to turn its antenna away from earth.

I Would Prefer Not To Aug 8, 2023 • 9:02:05pm

re: #58 darthstar

One nice thing about playing with the dogs and getting a little sunburnt…I didn’t think about Trump once all day.

either did the dogs.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 8, 2023 • 9:04:23pm

re: #42 Joe Bacon ✅

13, 19, 20, 32, and 33, and Mega Ball 14. The Megaplier was 2X.

Well, I got 2 and the Mega…

I got just the Megaball. That’s $4. I WON THE LOTTO!

The MegaMillions site is still checking to see if there’s a winner. I imaging they sold a lot of tickets.

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 9:05:17pm

re: #60 I Would Prefer Not To

either did the dogs.

They’re zonked out on the floor right now. It’s a lovely thing to see.

Of course Merle opens his eyes when I go to take the picture.

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 9:06:23pm

I hate getting stuck behind a fuckin’ red squirrel when I’m in a hurry.

Mastodon

silverdolphin Aug 8, 2023 • 9:11:46pm

Another Paul Owen hybrid with wonderful purple. One thing I love about most of my Owen hybrids is that they are mid to late so I have blooms in August. And they rebloom so I can have flowers into Sept.

Malbec daylily

My favorite double. For me, almost 100% of the flowers are double which is high. This shows how some interesting genetic changes have been used to get new daylilies. First is a typical thing done in many flowering plants - diploid to tetraploid. Doubling the number of chromosomes usually ends up with a much more vigorous plant. Many of Paul Owen plants are tetraploid with scapes almost like baseball bats. The other thing is to double the number of petals/sepals. Usually the second set is stunted as show here.

Hampton Magic daylily

Mempis is one of my most complex flowers. So much depth and detail and colors, all subtlely mixed in a wonderful way. The petals are huge with sepals discretely hidden behind.

Memphis daylily

Dr Lizardo Aug 8, 2023 • 9:17:47pm

re: #59 No Malarkey!

NASA regains contact with Voyager 2 after accidentally commanding it to turn its antenna away from earth.

“Why does Voyager 2 keep saying, ‘My mission is to learn all that is knowable and transmit that knowledge back to the creator’?”

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 9:24:33pm

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

I just wish they’d call it by its proper name: V-GER.

TedStriker Aug 8, 2023 • 9:26:24pm

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

“Why does Voyager 2 keep saying, ‘My mission is to learn all that is knowable and transmit that knowledge back to the creator’?”

If Persis Khambatta-in-her-prime were to return from the dead as V’ger 2’s probe, I’d shit a solid-gold brick…

William Lewis Aug 8, 2023 • 9:27:31pm

re: #65 Dr Lizardo

“Why does Voyager 2 keep saying, ‘My mission is to learn all that is knowable and transmit that knowledge back to the creator’?”

Better that than this …

Star Trek V - Captain Klaa shooting space garbage (subtitles)

darthstar Aug 8, 2023 • 9:29:51pm

Dr Lizardo Aug 8, 2023 • 9:42:10pm

Off to work. Back later.

mmmirele Aug 8, 2023 • 10:05:51pm

Well, a bunch of financial institutions, including one very familiar to me, got slapped down by the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) today.

Banks hit with $549 million in fines for use of Signal, WhatsApp to evade regulators’ reach

U.S. regulators on Tuesday announced a combined $549 million in penalties against Wall Street firms that failed to maintain electronic records of employee communications.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against 11 firms for “widespread and longstanding failures” to maintain records, including by allowing employees to use unsupervised side channels such as messaging apps WhatsApp and Signal, the regulator said.

Wells Fargo was the biggest U.S. bank cited Tuesday in the sweeping actions.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday announced a combined $549 million in penalties against Wells Fargo and a raft of smaller or non-U.S. firms that failed to maintain electronic records of employee communications.

The Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed charges and $289 million in fines against 11 firms for “widespread and longstanding failures” in record-keeping, while the Commodity Futures Trading Commission also said it fined four banks a total of $260 million for failing to maintain records required by the agency.

cnbc.com

I read the article and the SEC and CFTC press releases and this specifically refers to the use of WhatsApp and Signal by traders. This is completely unsurprising to me.

Captain Ron Aug 8, 2023 • 10:14:23pm

YouTube

wrenchwench Aug 8, 2023 • 10:21:56pm

re: #72 Captain Ron

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 8, 2023 • 10:23:15pm

It’s another day, so The Guardian weighs in on the latest. (today)

New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse

And of course, claiming bankruptcy in the richest private organisation in the world.

A board which helps the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, evaluate abuse allegations against priests and deacons in six cases found clergymen to be credibly accused only for Aymond to ignore the findings and conceal them from the public, a Guardian investigation has found.

Aymond’s management of the cases in question as the leader of the US’s second-oldest archdiocese is outlined in a memorandum which attorneys for victims of clerical sexual abuse prepared and handed to law enforcement in the latter part of last year.
‘My prayerful support’: how the New Orleans archbishop hid ‘credibly accused’ abusers
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It exposes the latest damaging revelations in a decades-long scandal at the 230-year-old archdiocese, which has been shown to have gone to extreme lengths to cover up for a confessed child abuser. The scandal mirrors similar events involving the Catholic church elsewhere in the US and across the world.

The 48-page memo alludes to secret internal archdiocesan records that were handed over after the local church sought federal bankruptcy protection in 2020 in response to a wave of abuse-related lawsuits. Because confidentiality rules guide the bankruptcy, both church officials and advocates for molestation victims have worked to keep the memo hidden from public view.

(more)

Amory Blaine Aug 8, 2023 • 10:25:17pm

The Federalist
Does DeSantis Know What Time It Is? Didn’t Sound Like It In That NBC Interview

…DeSantis has zero chance of winning the primary unless he acknowledges unequivocally that 2020 was rigged and vows to go to war against the system that rigged it. He shouldn’t be attacking Trump on this front, but the deep state-Democrat-Big Tech machine that took Trump out. It’s his only path to the nomination, yet he has refused thus far to follow it.

wrenchwench Aug 8, 2023 • 10:26:14pm

Woody Guthrie - Riding in My Car (Car Song)

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 8, 2023 • 10:33:34pm

A hidden world of sex abuse and exploitation by men working as “spiritual healers” has been uncovered by BBC Arabic.
Spiritual healing, also known as “Quranic healing”, is a popular practice in the Arab and Muslim world. It is mostly women who visit healers - believing that they can solve problems and cure illness by expelling evil spirits known as “jinn”.

Testimonies gathered by the BBC from 85 women, over a period of more than a year, named 65 so-called healers in Morocco and Sudan - two countries where such practices are particularly popular - with accusations ranging from harassment to rape.

We spent months speaking to NGOs, courts, lawyers and women, gathering and verifying stories of abuse. An undercover reporter who underwent treatment with one such healer for our investigation, was herself inappropriately touched before fleeing the scene.

(more, warning for explicit descriptions)

Investigating the ‘spiritual healers’ sexually abusing women (BBC, yesterday)

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 8, 2023 • 10:42:42pm

Tonight’s happy times documentary comes from the National Film Board of Canada (1983, 23:06)

After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies

Nuking Winnipeg for fun and entertainment.

After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies

wrenchwench Aug 8, 2023 • 10:54:09pm

Mastodon

Hecuba's daughter Aug 8, 2023 • 11:16:35pm

re: #75 Amory Blaine

The Federalist
Does DeSantis Know What Time It Is? Didn’t Sound Like It In That NBC Interview

Absolutely disgraceful but exactly what you expect from Meghan McCain’s husband.

wrenchwench Aug 8, 2023 • 11:23:31pm

Mastodon

silverdolphin Aug 8, 2023 • 11:36:49pm

With Biden’s IRA Incentives, Companies plan 145 Gigawatts of New Clean Energy in US

It more than doubles our current clean energy. all due to Biden’s Congress.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 12:04:43am

re: #1 Ace Rothstein

One day, old white men are going to learn that a lot of Republican women have had abortions in their lifetimes.

A lot of old Republican men have paid for abortions for their mistresses, secretaries, daughters, etc.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 12:05:59am

re: #8 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Apparently 62% to 38.

Huge

Show how badly the GOP shot themselves in the foot over Dobbs

Captain Ron Aug 9, 2023 • 12:20:58am

YouTube

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 12:26:04am

Meanwhile in California, if you didn’t win the Lotto, there’s always this method, as two Sacramento men show. They have yet to be identified. (0:36)

Robbers try to steal cash machine with forklift (BBC with bank security footage)

BigPapa Aug 9, 2023 • 12:38:06am

Wind driven fires are raging on Maui, Big Island, Kauai. This is bad.

William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 12:53:10am

re: #86 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I got a rock…

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 12:56:27am

re: #87 BigPapa

Wind driven fires are raging on Maui, Big Island, Kauai. This is bad.

I take it none of the rain from Hurricane Dora got anywhere near Hawai’i.
(Major Hurricane Dora predicted track, Central Pacific Hurricane Center)

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 1:02:16am

A victory for reason.

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities.

The decision comes about a year and a half after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit challenging the contentious law, which drew protests at the state Capitol.

“This decision is a full and resounding affirmation of the constitutionality and legality of Connecticut’s vaccine requirements. Vaccines save lives — this is a fact beyond dispute,” Democratic Attorney General William Tong said in a statement. “The legislature acted responsibly and well within its authority to protect the health of Connecticut families and stop the spread of preventable disease.”

The plaintiffs, We the Patriots USA Inc. and others, had argued that Connecticut violated religious freedom protections by removing the exemption. The 2021 law, they said, demonstrates a hostility to religious believers and jeopardizes their rights to medical freedom and child rearing.

(more)

(Associated Press, three days ago)

BigPapa Aug 9, 2023 • 1:05:34am

re: #89 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

No rain, all the wind. I guess we had a hot dry spot over us and it mixed together. All that wind energy without the moisture. All the arid spots on multiple islands having a long night.

GlutenFreeJesus Aug 9, 2023 • 1:12:58am

One person in Florida won…

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 1:19:33am

Two days ago (BBC)

A grieving mother and her lawyer have been targeted by an extreme campaign of abuse after suing a conspiracy theory newspaper which falsely claimed her son died from a Covid vaccine.

The Irish Light repeatedly abused Edel Campbell online and its supporters have threatened her lawyer with “execution”.

Conspiracy theorists worldwide have used dozens of tragic deaths to spread vaccine misinformation.

This case is thought to be the first where a relative has sued.

The Irish Light included Ms Campbell’s son, Diego Gilsenan, and 41 others in an article last year which suggested the “untested and dangerous” Covid vaccine was to blame for the deaths. In fact, the BBC has been told Diego had taken his own life in August 2021, aged 18, and had not been vaccinated.

(much more about violent conspiracy liar conservatives at the link, including Elno’s Twitter promoting the owner of the newspaper)

The Irish Light: Woman abused by paper which falsely said vaccine killed her son

Conservatives: Lie about the mother and child, threaten to kill her solicitor and employees.
Liberals: How about not?
Centrist: Why can’t we find a reasonable middle?

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 1:20:40am

re: #90 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Oops, the link to the rest of the article about Connecticut’s court victory over religious wingnuts.

apnews.com

William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 2:35:57am

Something a little special if you’re a fan

Rediscovering Trekkie Gold: Restored Star Trek 67-69 Series Commercials

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 2:47:26am

Trailer for a game on Steam (1:40)

I Am Jesus Christ - Official Trailer | IGN Fan Fest 2023

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 2:56:09am

Mentions on Fox News primetime tonight:

Ohio referendum: 0
Hunter Biden: 47

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 9, 2023

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 2:59:47am

Pilot study reprinted in Nature from Scientific Reports regarding the effect of three mouthwashes and a placebo in reducing the viral load in the mouth from Covid-19 positive patients. (Complete study)

TL;DR, the greatest effect in reducing viral load in the mouth was the mechanical action of spitting out the mouthwash or placebo.

Efficacy of three antimicrobial mouthwashes in reducing SARS-CoV-2 viral load in the saliva of hospitalized patients: a randomized controlled pilot study (August 4, 2023)

Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 3:09:12am

There were a lot of possibilities here. That was kind of scary.

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Shropshire Slasher Aug 9, 2023 • 3:09:20am

Some drive time music.

Chumped “Something About Lemons” (Official Music Video)

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TarHellion Aug 9, 2023 • 3:12:52am

Such a promising start. Then the Circle of Doom nearly claimed another victim. Bleh!

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steve_davis Aug 9, 2023 • 3:16:03am

re: #76 wrenchwench

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 3:22:12am

Pete Townshend Slit Skirts(Good Sound) live 1982

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steve_davis Aug 9, 2023 • 3:30:17am

re: #7 Joe Bacon ✅

so far…

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looking at that map, one can see why Ohio is so utterly fucked. They really do just have large chunks of people who should either be in Indiana, Kentucky, or West Virginia voting in their elections.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 3:38:18am

re: #75 Amory Blaine

The Federalist
Does DeSantis Know What Time It Is? Didn’t Sound Like It In That NBC Interview

Was that tongue in cheek?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 3:55:49am

re: #90 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

A victory for reason.

(more)

(Associated Press, three days ago)

It’ll be reversed by the supremes.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 3:58:01am

Well, Microsoft is yelling at me to update Windows, so I suppose I should log out and let it do that.

I’ll catch y’all later.

Congratulations, Ohio.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Aug 9, 2023 • 3:59:38am

re: #106 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

It’ll be reversed by the supremes.

They haven’t reversed other such cases; they’ve refused to hear them.

We’ll have to see.

G’night, y’all.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 4:16:41am

Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed that he “will talk” about the criminal charges he faces over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and accused federal prosecutors of “taking away my First Amendment rights,” NBC News reports.

either you’ll implicate yourself
or wind up in contempt of court

please proceed

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 4:22:11am

re: #109 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

either you’ll implicate yourself
or wind up in contempt of court

please proceed

Both is also very much an option here.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 4:24:16am

so next week at the earliest

“The fourth criminal case involving Donald Trump is likely to come to a head next week, with the district attorney in Atlanta expected to take the findings from her election interference investigation to a grand jury,” the New York Times reports.

“The Georgia investigation may be the most expansive legal challenge yet to the efforts that Mr. Trump and his advisers undertook to keep him in power after he lost the 2020 election. Nearly 20 people are known to have been told that they could face charges as a result of the investigation, which Fani Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., has pursued for two and a half years.”

and let’s all just gloss over that fourth criminal case part like it’s ordinary

and while almost 20 people are in the crosshairs, remember this too:

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 4:26:30am

re: #110 Nerdy Fish

Both is also very much an option here.

of course
indeed
true
my bad
absolutely
no doubt
for sure

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Shropshire Slasher Aug 9, 2023 • 4:27:58am

re: #109 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

either you’ll implicate yourself
or wind up in contempt of court

please proceed

President Trump wants that.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 4:33:44am

re: #113 Shropshire Slasher

President Trump wants that.

just like xlon ‘wanted’ to lose $22bn

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Shropshire Slasher Aug 9, 2023 • 4:37:01am

Will Secret Service allow President Trump to be put in jail? They have a responsibility for his safety.

§3056A. Powers, authorities, and duties of United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
(a) There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the “United States Secret Service Uniformed Division”. Subject to the supervision of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall perform such duties as the Director, United States Secret Service, may prescribe in connection with the protection of the following:

(1) The White House in the District of Columbia.

(2) Any building in which Presidential offices are located.

(3) The Treasury Building and grounds.

(4) The President, the Vice President (or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of President), the President-elect, the Vice President-elect, and their immediate families.

(5) Foreign diplomatic missions located in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia.

(6) The temporary official residence of the Vice President and grounds in the District of Columbia.

(7) Foreign diplomatic missions located in metropolitan areas (other than the District of Columbia) in the United States where there are located twenty or more such missions headed by full-time officers, except that such protection shall be provided only-

(A) on the basis of extraordinary protective need;

(B) upon request of an affected metropolitan area; and

(C) when the extraordinary protective need arises at or in association with a visit to-

(i) a permanent mission to, or an observer mission invited to participate in the work of, an international organization of which the United States is a member; or

(ii) an international organization of which the United States is a member;

except that such protection may also be provided for motorcades and at other places associated with any such visit and may be extended at places of temporary domicile in connection with any such visit.

(8) Foreign consular and diplomatic missions located in such areas in the United States, its territories and possessions, as the President, on a case-by-case basis, may direct.

(9) Visits of foreign government officials to metropolitan areas (other than the District of Columbia) where there are located twenty or more consular or diplomatic missions staffed by accredited personnel, including protection for motorcades and at other places associated with such visits when such officials are in the United States to conduct official business with the United States Government.

(10) Former Presidents and their spouses, as provided in section 3056(a)(3) of title 18.

(11) An event designated under section 3056(e) of title 18 as a special event of national significance.

(12) Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and, within 120 days of the general Presidential election, the spouses of such candidates, as provided in section 3056(a)(7) of title 18.

(13) Visiting heads of foreign states or foreign governments.

(b)(1) Under the direction of the Director of the Secret Service, members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division are authorized to-

(A) carry firearms;

(B) make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony; and

(C) perform such other functions and duties as are authorized by law.

(2) Members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall possess privileges and powers similar to those of the members of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia.

(c) Members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be furnished with uniforms and other necessary equipment.

(d) In carrying out the functions pursuant to paragraphs (7) and (9) of subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may utilize, with their consent, on a reimbursable basis, the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of State and local governments, and is authorized to reimburse such State and local governments for the utilization of such services, personnel, equipment, and facilities. The Secretary of Homeland Security may carry out the functions pursuant to paragraphs (7) and (9) of subsection (a) by contract. The authority of this subsection may be transferred by the President to the Secretary of State. In carrying out any duty under paragraphs (7) and (9) of subsection (a), the Secretary of State is authorized to utilize any authority available to the Secretary under title II of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

uscode.house.gov

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Aug 9, 2023 • 4:39:20am

re: #109 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

either you’ll implicate yourself
or wind up in contempt of court

please proceed

“taking away my First Amendment rights,”

If this Charles Manson defense is all he has, he’s headed for prison. (Charlie did not personally kill anyone and he was actually farther from the scene than Trump was on 1-6. Too bad for Charlie and repugs that his lawyers did not think to characterize his verbal instructions to the killers as protected free speech.)
People v. Manson

The prosecution contended that, while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 9, 2023 • 4:41:39am

Mastodon

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 4:42:20am

re: #115 Shropshire Slasher

Will Secret Service allow President Trump to be put in jail? They have a responsibility for his safety.

uscode.house.gov

There are arrangements that could be made that would satisfy the requirements. While the idea is unprecedented, it’s not completely unforeseen.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 4:42:40am

Hmmm…..maybe Trump is subconsciously expressing a desire to flee the country?

Donald Trump admitted that he would like to leave the country and live overseas.

Trump, who has frequently expressed disdain for America and Americans, made the confession during a rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday as he griped about the charges against him and lamented ever getting into politics.

“I could have been relaxing at Mar-a-Lago or in the south of France ― which I would prefer to being in this country, frankly.”

Trump: “I could have been relaxing at Mar-a-Lago or the south of France, which I would prefer to being in this country frankly.” pic.twitter.com/h5MBlmcykm

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 8, 2023

Dubai UAE would be his best option. No extradition treaty, and I think he has a golf property there already? In any event, it’s full of Russian hookers, so he should have no problem finding Wife #4.

At this point, this might well be the best outcome. His cult might finally see him for the coward he really is, once he abandons them.

Sure, he wouldn’t get his comeuppance - but look at it this way; He’s old and unhealthy and any punishment we could give him wouldn’t last long enough anyway.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 4:44:36am

So, I am creating a log-normal curve, the bad one for this game ….

No, it must be my choice; stupid game. Reset — max is still 59, but I was closing in 👻

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 4:46:27am

re: #115 Shropshire Slasher

Will Secret Service allow President Trump to be put in jail? They have a responsibility for his safety.

uscode.house.gov

House arrest at Trump Tower. Require an ankle monitoring bracelet be worn 24/7 and prohibit any use of social media by or for him. Perfectly legal and keeps him safe and his lawyers (such as they are) can come and go at will ;)

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 4:48:10am

re: #122 William Lewis

House arrest at Trump Tower. Require an ankle monitoring bracelet be worn 24/7 and prohibit any use of social media by or for him. Perfectly legal and keeps him safe and his lawyers (such as they are) can come and go at will ;)

Either Trump Tower, or Mar-a-Lago or his Bedminster Club. Regardless, like you said, ankle bracelet and prohibited to use social directly or indirectly.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 4:48:23am

re: #111 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Fulton County just moved on Trump like a bitch.

— Mayo 🌻 (@MayoIsSpicyy) August 8, 2023

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 4:50:00am

re: #117 Patricia Kayden

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— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) August 7, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 4:50:15am

re: #120 Dr Lizardo

I don’t think it’s that, so much. Maybe it’s different in Europe, but to Americans, “the south of France” is equivalent to retirement, a life of luxury and ease; like Florida, but without the stupid. I think he’s just trying to suggest that America has gone to shit since the ebil Democrats took charge of it, and he’d rather live in socialist hellhole France than here, where he has to put up with woke ideology turning our kids transgender and cancel culturing him into irrelevance, and prosecutors hounding him over all his glorious triumphs that totally aren’t crimes at all because they’re on political witch-hunts and committing illegal election interference.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 4:51:54am

re: #113 Shropshire Slasher

~~President~~ Mr. Trump wants that.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 4:52:27am

re: #115 Shropshire Slasher

Will Secret Service allow ~~President~~. Mr. Trump to be put in jail? They have a responsibility for his safety.

uscode.house.gov

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Shropshire Slasher Aug 9, 2023 • 4:52:30am

re: #119 Nerdy Fish

re: #122 William Lewis

re: #123 Dr Lizardo

That would only improve President Trump’s “brand.”

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Aug 9, 2023 • 4:52:57am

re: #120 Dr Lizardo

Hmmm…..maybe Trump is subconsciously expressing a desire to flee the country?

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Dubai UAE would be his best option. No extradition treaty, and I think he has a golf property there already? In any event, it’s full of Russian hookers, so he should have no problem finding Wife #4.

At this point, this might well be the best outcome. His cult might finally see him for the coward he really is, once he abandons them.

Sure, he wouldn’t get his comeuppance - but look at it this way; He’s old and unhealthy and any punishment we could give him wouldn’t last long enough anyway.

Sure thing he can’t flee to Russia. Without Cheeto’s potential return to power to provide hope, the Putin regime might collapse immediately, with dire results for the American stooges who have taken refuge there. That “American village” they are constructing might become a specialized prison, Galt’s Gulag if you will.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 4:53:09am

re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Without watching, I am glad I am a PS gamer and not a PC gamer. Not that there is anything wrong with PC gamers… The ecosystems among all platforms create hierarchy and styles.

Steam is great for finding weird Indie games, as is PS, and I assume XBox (hell on earth); so, unless I get to be Jebus wrathing (new adverb) on the evangelicals, it’s a pass.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 4:54:37am

re: #126 Nerdy Fish

Maybe it’s different in Europe, but to Americans, “the south of France” is equivalent to retirement, a life of luxury and ease; like Florida, but without the stupid.

It’s not too dissimilar here in Europe. I’d forgotten about that. For instance, former Czech PM Andrej Babiš owns a villa in the south of France and he’s long maintained that when he’s finally done with ~~embezzling public money through his companies~~ politics, he’ll retire there for good.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 4:54:55am

re: #122 William Lewis

House arrest at Trump Tower. Require an ankle monitoring bracelet be worn 24/7 and prohibit any use of social media by or for him. Perfectly legal and keeps him safe and his lawyers (such as they are) can come and go at will ;)

none of this is hard, really.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 4:55:04am

re: #129 Shropshire Slasher

That would only improve ~~President~~ Mr. Trump’s “brand.”

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 4:55:24am

re: #130 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

“Galt’s Gulag”. LOL. I like the sound of that. 😄

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 5:00:07am

re: #68 William Lewis

When the probe is hit, you hear kids scream as part of the sound fx.

And that disrupter hit should have left nothing but dust. Instead, it took multiple shots?

With that logic, Fed ships hit by Klingons should never take damage given their shields and hull plating.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 5:01:02am

i wish everyone would stop second guessing whether Willis knows what she’s doing.

why it’s taking as long as it’s taking (gee so much evidence, so many targets)

why did they put up barriers if nothing’s gonna happen (an abundance of planning and caution)

why two grand juries (couldnt she do it right the first time)

as i understand it:

Georgia grand jury system. The DA has to convene one grand jury to collect and hear evidence, but must seek an indictment from a second, separate grand jury. She spent the better part of the last year collecting evidence via the first grand jury. Now she’s presenting her case to the second grand jury and asking them to issue an indictment.

it’s not ‘taking too long’. they’re ready when the case is ready.

sounds like right on schedule.

in my totally uninformed opinion, it’s gonna be enormous

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Rightwingconspirator Aug 9, 2023 • 5:01:47am

re: #115 Shropshire Slasher

I think so. The idea would be the former President is subject to the law of his land. Rather than have a standoff with FBI and Justice.

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 5:02:53am

re: #115 Shropshire Slasher

Your point? The Secret Service can protect Trump in a supermax. He gets 23 hours of solitary and 1 hour of time where he can interact with other prisoners. BOP guards can be supplemented with Secret Service.

Alternatively, you can subject him to house arrest - where he’s not allowed visitors, no internet access, media access, etc. but the Secret Service maintains the security cordon.

He can live at a Bedminster outhouse.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 5:05:50am

re: #136 lawhawk

When the probe is hit, you hear kids scream as part of the sound fx.

And that disrupter hit should have left nothing but dust. Instead, it took multiple shots?

With that logic, Fed ships hit by Klingons should never take damage given their shields and hull plating.

If you listen to the background noises on the Klingon ship, one of the sounds is clearly recycled from 1953’s War of the Worlds.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 5:10:03am

re: #139 lawhawk

Your point? The Secret Service can protect Trump in a supermax. He gets 23 hours of solitary and 1 hour of time where he can interact with other prisoners. BOP guards can be supplemented with Secret Service.

Alternatively, you can subject him to house arrest - where he’s not allowed visitors, no internet access, media access, etc. but the Secret Service maintains the security cordon.

He can live at a Bedminster outhouse.

since we’re spitballing here

house arrest doesnt have to mean a property he currently owns.
one could be purchased or otherwise acquired for the purpose.

also, certain military installations are possibilities. this has been discussed many times as it could also limit the ability to protest close to where he is.

‘security’ is not a logistical issue here.

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 5:12:22am

Another idea I saw floated was that he could get an entire wing of an underutilized federal prison to himself. That way, he could have completely separate facilities for all the various needs of life (eating, sleeping, entertainment, etc.), and still have the possibility for socialization, all in a secure facility.

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Shropshire Slasher Aug 9, 2023 • 5:12:32am

re: #139 lawhawk

Your point? The Secret Service can protect Trump in a supermax. He gets 23 hours of solitary and 1 hour of time where he can interact with other prisoners. BOP guards can be supplemented with Secret Service.

Alternatively, you can subject him to house arrest - where he’s not allowed visitors, no internet access, media access, etc. but the Secret Service maintains the security cordon.

He can live at a Bedminster outhouse.

Who else do you want to lock up?

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 5:12:37am

re: #137 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

There have been at least 3 grand juries empaneled against Trump and his coconspirators in Georgia.

Special purpose grand jury in 2022, and two grand juries in May 2023, including one looking at Trump’s conduct.

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 5:13:33am

re: #143 Shropshire Slasher

Every other coconspirator and accomplice in the conspiracy to overthrow the US govt that’s found guilty in a court of law or cuts a plea deal.

Why do you ask?

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Shropshire Slasher Aug 9, 2023 • 5:14:22am

re: #145 lawhawk

Every other coconspirator and accomplice in the conspiracy to overthrow the US govt that’s found guilty in a court of law or cuts a plea deal.

Why do you ask?

No one wants to get locked up, now do they?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Aug 9, 2023 • 5:15:44am

re: #145 lawhawk

Every other coconspirator and accomplice in the conspiracy to overthrow the US govt that’s found guilty in a court of law or cuts a plea deal.

Why do you ask?

Would locking them up *with* Trump be construed as a cruel and unusual punishment?
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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 5:22:27am

re: #139 lawhawk

He can live in the vault under Ivana’s Tomb.

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Eventual Carrion Aug 9, 2023 • 5:24:33am

re: #49 Joe Bacon ✅

Aw crap…

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The Squire of Logos Aug 9, 2023 • 5:26:58am

Good Morning Lizards! I see Ohio stepped up and slapped down that GOP attempt at changing their constitution. Looks like Mega Millions has a winner. And Kari Lake is being her usual asshat self.

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Shropshire Slasher Aug 9, 2023 • 5:27:36am

The war of attrition continues.

Vladimir Putin has been forced to deploy almost half his mothballed old tanks and armoured vehicles from a major Siberian open-air depot after suffering huge losses in Ukraine.

Some 1,570 rusting war machines have been moved from their Siberian dump and restored to service for the Russian president’s war against Ukraine, say reports.

More than 40 per cent of the 3,840 tanks and military vehicles shown on satellite pictures from Google Earth at Vagzhanovo military equipment depot before the war have now been taken out of storage, it is claimed.

dailymail.co.uk

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 5:28:46am

What’s wrong with her mouth?

— TravisBlues (@Travisblues01) August 9, 2023

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 5:35:58am

It’s Friday at 5:30 here 😉 Or at least close enough for me. Guinness and rum time. 👍

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 5:36:47am

re: #153 William Lewis

It’s Friday at 5:30 here 😉 Or at least close enough for me. Guinness and rum time. 👍

Enjoy your freedom from work. Less thinky-think, more drinky-drink.

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 5:37:21am

The Lawyers you meet in Trumpworld. They wish they were as competent as Lionel Hutz.

Partners in the de facto law firm of MAGA, MAGA, & MAGA, functionally a subsidiary of Trump’s Save America PAC, include:

Stanley Woodward, who represents Trump’s valet Walt Nauta in the documents case. Previously he represented Trump’s econ crank Navarro, his press flack Dan Scavino, and Kash Patel, a White House aide who was ordered to testify to the documents grand jury after making public claims that Trump had declassified all the records at Mar-a-Lago.

Jim Trusty and John Rowley, who represented Trump with respect to the documents and January 6 grand juries and who both quit when the first indictment was filed.

Evan Corcoran, who previously represented Trump, but was forced to withdraw after Trump lied to him about the location of government documents at Mar-a-Lago and induced him to draft a false declaration saying that a diligent search had been conducted, according to the documents indictment.

Christina Bobb, a relatively inexperienced lawyer who has not entered her appearance on any cases, but who signed the false declaration drafted by Corcoran and testified about it to the grand jury.

Christina Bobb’s TV appearances also haven’t helped Trump’s legal cause. (View video here)

John Irving, who represents recently added documents co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira. Irving previously represented Stephen Miller, Rep. Scott Perry, and the aforementioned Mitchell, a lawyer on the infamous call with Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger.

Tim Parlatore, who previously represented Trump and currently represents Bernie Kerik, a witness before the January 6 grand jury and former NYC police commissioner.

Chris Kise, a former Florida solicitor general who was paid $3 million to leave his position at the aforementioned Foley & Lardner and who now represents Trump in the documents case as well as the civil suit in New York.

Todd Blanche, who represented Trump’s advisor Boris Epshteyn before the grand juries, and now represents Trump in all three pending criminal cases.

John Lauro, who previously represented Christina Bobb and Alina Habba before the grand jury, and who now represents Trump in the January 6 case. His TV interviews over the past week about the January 6 indictment have been such a disasterclass that the government is already citing his comments in court filings (check out the below video for an example).

That doesn’t include those lawyers facing criminal charges separately, like Rudy or Eastman. It also doesn’t include Alina Habba whose notoriety led to Trump facing $1 million sanctions in her failed “RICO” suit against Hillary. That led her to withdraw as “counsel” to take up mantle of legal adviser to Trump’s PAC (which is likely facing separate money laundering investigations by Smith).

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Eventual Carrion Aug 9, 2023 • 5:40:09am

re: #99 Nerdy Fish

There were a lot of possibilities here. That was kind of scary.

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 5:47:37am

re: #129 Shropshire Slasher

That would only improve Trump’s “brand.”

There’s no up left for him.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 5:48:29am

Silly song really but I always liked it and the drum intro is excellent…

Freedom at Point Zero

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Barefoot Grin Aug 9, 2023 • 5:48:57am

re: #150 The Squire of Logos

Good Morning Lizards! I see Ohio stepped up and slapped down that GOP attempt at changing their constitution. Looks like Mega Millions has a winner. And Kari Lake is being her usual asshat self.

I was horrified to see that Kari Lake has a very good chance to become an Arizona senator this morning on Mika and Joe. Esp. if Sinema jumps to Independent and runs that way.

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 5:49:23am

re: #152 Dave In Austin

She’s had a decent amount of plastic surgery. You can see it in her eyes as well.

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HRH Stanley Sea Aug 9, 2023 • 5:50:03am

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 5:50:42am

re: #159 Barefoot Grin

I was horrified to see that Kari Lake has a very good chance to become an Arizona senator this morning on Mika and Joe. Esp. if Sinema jumps to Independent and runs that way.

Sinema is deeply unpopular, and if she goes independent, the Democratic Party will spare no expense to highlight just how shitty she’s been as far as upholding values Democratic voters care about. She’s more likely at this point to draw off Kari Lake voters who want less crazy but like how Sinema has handicapped the Biden administration.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 5:51:45am

re: #143 Shropshire Slasher

Who else do you want to lock up?

Criminals. Every last one.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 5:53:18am

re: #152 Dave In Austin

All three of them?

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 5:54:05am

re: #143 Shropshire Slasher

Who else do you want to lock up?

So you think anyone who is president is above the law? The whole original point of the Constitution was to make sure leaders weren’t above it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 5:59:46am

re: #115 Shropshire Slasher

Will Secret Service allow President Trump to be put in jail? They have a responsibility for his safety.

uscode.house.gov

Wouldn’t want him to pull an Epstein…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 6:02:22am

re: #152 Dave In Austin

What’s wrong with her mouth?

The Mouth of Sauron

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 6:03:07am

Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus’ teachings as ‘weak’

npr.org

Well, Gosh Russ! When you and your fellow pulpit pimps endlessly recited Republican Party Talking Points over the past 45 years and you gladly embraced a morally bankrupt asshole who broke all 10 Commandments and lives the 7 Deadly Sins you were too stupid to figure out this would be the end result!

What is he saying? Moore spoke to All Things Considered’s Scott Detrow about what he thinks the path forward is for evangelicalism in America.

On why he thinks Christianity is in crisis:

It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — “turn the other cheek” — [and] to have someone come up after to say, “Where did you get those liberal talking points?” And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, “I’m literally quoting Jesus Christ,” the response would not be, “I apologize.” The response would be, “Yes, but that doesn’t work anymore. That’s weak.” And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.

On how he begins to address the issues he sees:

I don’t think we fix it by fighting a war for the soul of evangelicalism. I really don’t think we can fix it at the movement level. And that’s one of the reasons why, when I’m talking to Christians who are concerned about this, my counsel is always “small and local.” I think we have to do something different and show a different way. And I see in history every time that something renewing and reviving has happened, it’s happened that way. It’s happened at a small level with people simply refusing to go with the stream of the church culture at the time.

On how much he thinks politics is part of the problem:

I think that the roots of the political problem really come down to disconnection, loneliness, sense of alienation. Even in churches that are still healthy and functioning, regular churchgoing is not what it was a generation ago, in which the entire structure of the week was defined by the community.

Uh, Russ baby folks are walking out of churches and never going back because they reject the Republican Party bullshit that comes out of the pulpit every Sunday and Wednesday.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 6:05:18am

re: #165 Belafon

So you think anyone who is president is above the law? The whole original point of the Constitution was to mKe sure leaders weren’t above it.

He’s just proving (again) who he really is.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 6:05:53am

Meanwhile lets check in with the Republican Base and see their support for a civil war.

Trump supporter pushes ‘civil war’ if former president is convicted

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 6:08:28am

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— Missy Meredithy (@Missy_Murdoch) August 9, 2023

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jeffreyw Aug 9, 2023 • 6:11:01am

CHIMICHANGA!

Good morning!

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 6:12:47am

re: #160 Belafon

She’s had a decent amount of plastic surgery. You can see it in her eyes as well.

And they whine about genital mutilations….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 6:14:00am

re: #170 Joe Bacon ✅

Meanwhile lets check in with the Republican Base and see their support for a civil war.

There will be violence. It will be considered a Civil War from many participants point of view. Mostly though, it will just be a giant clusterfuck, producing martyrs to the cause and another round of trials that will be held up as proof of government overreach and tyranny.

All in all this is the price we pay now for not having hanged all of the Confederate leaders, Congressmen and Governors.and disposessing the rest.

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mmmirele Aug 9, 2023 • 6:15:54am

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Tonight’s happy times documentary comes from the National Film Board of Canada (1983, 23:06)

After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies

Nuking Winnipeg for fun and entertainment.

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What was it about 1983-1984 that caused all this to come out? In that period, we got “The Day After” (US TV movie about a nuclear attack), “Testament” (US theatrical movie about a nuclear attack) and then “Threads” (British TV movie about a nuclear attack)? I mean, besides the fact that Ronald Reagan was president….?

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 6:16:11am

re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The Mouth of Sauron

More like the Mouth of Sauron’s butthole.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 6:19:38am

re: #175 mmmirele

Of those three, Threads was far and away the best as it went into the long-term aftereffects of a full-on nuclear exchange.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 6:22:23am

re: #150 The Squire of Logos

Good Morning Lizards! I see Ohio stepped up and slapped down that GOP attempt at changing their constitution. Looks like Mega Millions has a winner. And Kari Lake is being her usual asshat self.

When Roe fell, who had Kansas and Ohio leading this charge?

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 6:23:10am

re: #170 Joe Bacon ✅

Morning Joe.. (NPI….)

Saw your post last night. Hang in there Brother.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 6:23:22am

re: #152 Dave In Austin

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Its moving.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 6:25:23am

re: #179 Dave In Austin

Morning Joe.. (NPI….)

Saw your post last night. Hang in there Brother.

Dave it was a rough night. Didn’t sleep much…

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 6:27:08am

This is what it looked like earlier on Maui. If you’ve been to my hometown of Lahaina…I fear it is no longer. I dread what it will look like in the morning. An apocalyptic scene is unfolding due to the fires raging across my island. Please pray for us. pic.twitter.com/88V2kjjpyV

— HawaiiDelilah™ 🟦 (@HawaiiDelilah) August 9, 2023

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Aug 9, 2023 • 6:27:45am

re: #168 Joe Bacon ✅

Russell Moore is of course 40 years too late with his critiques.

He should have pointed out where Reagan was leading American Christianity, when Moore was a young man.

Everything Trump has wrought is a direct result of Evangelical leadership scheming during the Nixon era on how to influence the next wave of national politics.

It was planned and executed.

If Moore decries “tribalism”, then he really needs to look back to those Nixon years and retell truthfully what happened.

We (American society) have been on this path since the very early 20th century, when fundamentalism became a rallying cry in American Christianity (at least certain Protestant corners.)

The Fundamentals lays this out. It was the document that became the rallying cry for conservative American Christians, a kind of a call to engage in a counter-modern movement.

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mmmirele Aug 9, 2023 • 6:29:11am

re: #168 Joe Bacon ✅

Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus’ teachings as ‘weak’

npr.org

*snip*

Moore can put a fucking sock in it. He’s still very much a part of the Evangelical Industrial Complex. Hell, he’s the editor in chief of “Christianity Today,” the house organ of the EIC. He could use that bully pulpit to call out his fellow Evangelicals, but he doesn’t have the balls to burn down the house. And that’s what needs to happen now, since American Evangelicalism is aligning itself with one of the worst people ever to be on a political stage. And not just *align*, heck, those people *worship* Dipshit Donny. Of course they think Jesus is weak!

No sympathy here—if he wants any admiration, he can start by calling people out in his own house organ, instead of running to NPR.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 6:29:12am

re: #175 mmmirele

What was it about 1983-1984 that caused all this to come out? In that period, we got “The Day After” (US TV movie about a nuclear attack), “Testament” (US theatrical movie about a nuclear attack) and then “Threads” (British TV movie about a nuclear attack)? I mean, besides the fact that Ronald Reagan was president….?

Mostly it was Ronnie Raygun pushing his Star Wars stupidity and his saber rattling.
Combined with big names like Carl Sagan bringing the idea of Nuclear Winter into the mainstream and the whole Pershing II IRBM nightmare in United States Army Europe the time was ripe for those movies.

I joined the Army in 1982 mainly because I expected him to start WWIII and I would have rather died fighting than from fallout.

Ronnie Raygun being an old hollywierd hack was particularly vulnerable to that kind of propaganda and it lead to him being able to step back from the brink.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Aug 9, 2023 • 6:29:53am

In other news, I played 14 as megaball twice last night, thus winning $2 twice.

A far cry from $1.58B.

The jackpot winner being in Florida, I presume the money will be used for crackpot nonsense and atavism promotion.

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jeffreyw Aug 9, 2023 • 6:31:16am

re: #92 GlutenFreeJesus

One person in Florida won…

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 6:33:23am

re: #181 Joe Bacon ✅

Dave it was a rough night. Didn’t sleep much…

We are but a PIng away my friend, on whatever platform

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 6:35:51am

re: #174 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There will be violence. It will be considered a Civil War from many participants, mostly, tough, it will just be a giant clusterfuck. It will produce martyrs to the cause and another round of trials that will be held up as proof of government overreach and tyranny.

All in all this is the price we pay now for not having hanged all of the Confederate leaders, Congressmen and Governors.and disposessing the rest.

Naaaah. We would still have them because whites would have still resented blacks and Latinos and Asians and Jews the religious right would have used that to get back into power.

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 6:39:05am

re: #175 mmmirele

What was it about 1983-1984 that caused all this to come out? In that period, we got “The Day After” (US TV movie about a nuclear attack), “Testament” (US theatrical movie about a nuclear attack) and then “Threads” (British TV movie about a nuclear attack)? I mean, besides the fact that Ronald Reagan was president….?

Testament was on last night on Showtime. I saw a young Kevin Costner and a young Rebecca de Mornay in it.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 6:39:21am

re: #159 Barefoot Grin

I was horrified to see that Kari Lake has a very good chance to become an Arizona senator this morning on Mika and Joe. Esp. if Sinema jumps to Independent and runs that way.

Today’s electoral-vote.com

To start, there are two new polls of the still-mostly-hypothetical race, one from Emerson and one from Noble Predictive Insights. And they both have three rather significant findings. The first is that the Democrats’ presumptive nominee, Rep. Ruben Gallego, is a slight favorite to win in all conditions. The second is that Gallego does better when Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) is in the race, as she draws more Republican votes than Democratic. And the third is that Gallego does best when Kari Lake is the Republican candidate.

Go to the link for the poll links

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 6:39:45am

We re-framed Rembrandts Anna and the Blind Tobit this week. We replaced the re-gilded French 18th century frame with 20th century gilded slip with an un-cut Dutch 17th century ebonised pearwood frame. Suddenly the light shines out of the window inside the painting pic.twitter.com/OoyJAdAFuX

— Peter Schade (@psframes) August 8, 2023

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 6:43:08am

re: #189 Belafon

Naaaah. We would still have them because whites woukd have still resented blacks and Latinos and Asians and Jews the religious right would have used that to get back into power.

The Scottish never rebelled again after the British hammer fell on them after the ‘45.

We should have followed that example.

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mmmirele Aug 9, 2023 • 6:44:03am

re: #177 Dr Lizardo

Of those three, Threads was far and away the best as it went into the long-term aftereffects of a full-on nuclear exchange.

Oh, I disagree. “Testament” was more quietly horrible. I’m never going to forget the scene where one character is ripping sheets, and it turns out the sheets are for a shroud for one of her children who died of radiation poisoning. You just knew everything was hopeless then.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 6:45:00am

re: #192 lawhawk

That’s quite a dramatic difference. Thank you for posting that.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 6:45:12am

re: #193 William Lewis

The Scottish never rebelled again after the British hammer fell on them after the ‘45.

We should have followed that example.

Main difference is that English saw Scotland as a rebellious colony and treated it as such, the Union saw the fallen Confederacy as prodigal child that needed to be brought back into the family fold.

America was simply worn out and tired of the bloodshed and wanted to put it all behind us.

And as a result it keeps coming up and biting us in the butt.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 6:48:36am

re: #184 mmmirele

I wonder what part Pastor Moore plays in promoting 7 Mountain theology to his rubes?

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mmmirele Aug 9, 2023 • 6:53:44am

re: #197 Dave In Austin

I wonder what part Pastor Moore plays in promoting 7 Mountain theology to his rubes?

He doesn’t. He was a Southern Baptist and Seven Mountains ideology is not part of his thing. Seven Mountains ideology is a product of the charismatic wing of Evangelical Protestantism. Other Evangelical Protestants are happy to work with those guys (the Lance Wallnaus and Sean Feuchts) but they don’t want that crazy in their churches.

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 6:54:59am

re: #195 William Lewis

That’s quite a dramatic difference. Thank you for posting that.

Framing and matting of photos and artwork makes a huge difference in what you are trying to emphasize in the artwork itself. That’s a pretty dramatic change, mostly because of how dark the painting is, and that the gold frame competes with the luminous light coming in from the window. By changing to a darker frame, you emphasize the light in the window.

I’ve seen similar things with my own art.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 6:55:30am

re: #194 mmmirele

Oh, I disagree. “Testament” was more quietly horrible. I’m never going to forget the scene where one character is ripping sheets, and it turns out the sheets are for a shroud for one of her children who died of radiation poisoning. You just knew everything was hopeless then.

I feared burning to death in my tank.

I feared dying puking my guts out as my hair fell out from the radiation poisoning caused by the grey ash falling on my house from the Minuteman silos even more.

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Barefoot Grin Aug 9, 2023 • 6:57:11am

re: #191 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Today’s electoral-vote.com

Go to the link for the poll links

Thanks for the link!

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 6:57:13am

re: #170 Joe Bacon ✅

Meanwhile lets check in with the Republican Base and see their support for a civil war.

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I’ll bet $1000 that she has American flags all over all her social media accounts too….because nothing says “patriotism” like wanting to kill your fellow citizens.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 6:58:38am

I live not too far from an optical factory (they make eyeglass lenses) and if a “violation of technological processes” is gonna make it go up like the Trinity test device, you know…maybe I should move. 😄

Well, turns out the explosion at Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant near Moscow was just a little oopsie in a pyrotechnics warehouse. You know, typical ‘violation of the technological process.’ Just a regular day at a military plant producing optical sights, thermal imagers,… pic.twitter.com/lK8e7THA0T

— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) August 9, 2023

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 6:59:26am

re: #193 William Lewis

The Scottish never rebelled again after the British hammer fell on them after the ‘45.

We should have followed that example.

Who was the majority group in that scenario?

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:00:55am

re: #202 Dr. Matt

I’ll bet $1000 that she has American flags all over all her social media accounts too….because nothing says “patriotism” like wanting to kill your fellow citizens.

If they don’t want what I want, they’re not worthy citizens

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 7:01:14am

re: #194 mmmirele

Oh, I disagree. “Testament” was more quietly horrible. I’m never going to forget the scene where one character is ripping sheets, and it turns out the sheets are for a shroud for one of her children who died of radiation poisoning. You just knew everything was hopeless then.

From the milk she had allowed him to drink, over the recommendation of her older son, IIRC. I was trying to remember where that image had come from.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Aug 9, 2023 • 7:03:45am

re: #99 Nerdy Fish

There were a lot of possibilities here. That was kind of scary.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 7:04:10am

re: #198 mmmirele

Thanks for the Clarification. I was brought up in the shadow of Wheaton College until moving to Phx in ‘66. Then It was 1st Baptist (American) on Central and Glendale until I became a totally unmanageable teenager and started corrupting my Christian female peers….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:04:24am

re: #203 Dr Lizardo

Well, turns out the explosion at Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant near Moscow was just a little oopsie in a pyrotechnics warehouse. You know, typical ‘violation of the technological process.’ Just a regular day at a military plant producing optical sights, thermal imagers

The violation in question being “do not set off high explosives from Ukraine in the plant”

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darthstar Aug 9, 2023 • 7:06:03am

re: #134 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Defendant Trump works too.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:08:27am

Florida Students Now Need Parental Permission to Use Nicknames, ‘Alternate’ Names Under New Ron DeSantis Rule

The rule would impact everyone from students who prefer using a shorthand nickname (“Tom” versus “Thomas,” for instance), to those who prefer a different name altogether, including transgender students (who have already been the target of numerous pieces of legislation in Florida in recent months).

But even if a transgender student did get permission from their parent to use a different name, teachers would still not be obligated to use that student’s preferred pronouns.

Laser like focus on the important stuff

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 7:10:40am

re: #211 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Meatball is laser focused on the real issues facing Floridians.

He’s so intent on denying LBGTQ+ their rights and individual freedoms, that he’s ignoring the economic morass facing Florida due to the exodus of insurers over climate change risks.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:12:43am

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 7:13:08am

NPR isn’t perfect but damn, there are moment’s I love them. This headline alone wins them great props from me:

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it’s not the migrants

NOGALES, ARIZONA — We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

Just before midnight on Aug. 4, 2021, Haley tried to cross the border from Mexico back into Arizona, where she lived. She was carrying 1,000 fentanyl pills inside her body.

“That was the first time I’ve ever done it,” Haley says. “It was just a sudden decision that I made at the last moment.”

At the time, Haley was struggling with addiction to methamphetamine. She’d lost her job during the COVID-19 pandemic and then lost custody of her three children. (Haley, 32, asked not to use her last name in order to protect her children’s privacy.)

When a man she knew offered her a chance to make $500, Haley took it.

Not what the fuckers at Faux want people to know, now is it?

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 7:21:14am

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 7:24:00am

re: #215 Joe Bacon ✅

More teeth than brain cells.

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Unabogie Aug 9, 2023 • 7:32:54am

re: #160 Belafon

She’s had a decent amount of plastic surgery. You can see it in her eyes as well.

This is a point I really like to make. When Melania and Ivanka had their boobs enlarged, that was gender-affirming care. When Trump had his eyes done and hair plugs put in, that was gender-affirming care. Their bodies didn’t match their gender expression, so they had surgery to correct it.

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Barefoot Grin Aug 9, 2023 • 7:33:09am

re: #211 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Florida Students Now Need Parental Permission to Use Nicknames, ‘Alternate’ Names Under New Ron DeSantis Rule

Laser like focus on the important stuff

“Mom, Dad, my friends call me ‘Huff.’ Can you sign a permission slip?”
“Why do they call you ‘Huff’?”
“Er, because I wheeze when we do laps in PE?”

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 7:34:12am

Tell us you’re a fascist scum without telling us you’re a fascist scum.

Ron DeSantis removes another elected Democratic state prosecutor from office

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Unabogie Aug 9, 2023 • 7:35:48am

re: #219 Dr. Matt

Tell us you’re a fascist scum without tell us you’re a fascist scum.

Ron DeSantis removes another elected Democratic state prosecutor from office

They really want a country where they are immune from the law and everyone else is subject to capricious prosecutions. Exactly what they accuse Jack Smith of doing.

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Vicious Babushka Aug 9, 2023 • 7:36:14am

re: #186 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

In other news, I played 14 as megaball twice last night, thus winning $2 twice.

A far cry from $1.58B.

The jackpot winner being in Florida, I presume the money will be used for crackpot nonsense and atavism promotion.

Maybe it’s one of my kids.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:37:23am

re: #217 Unabogie

This is a point I really like to make. When Melania and Ivanka had their boobs enlarged, that was gender-affirming care. When Trump had his eyes done and hair plugs put in, that was gender-affirming care. Their bodies didn’t match their gender expression, so they had surgery to correct it.

That is fine as long as gender conforms to biological sex.

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gocart mozart Aug 9, 2023 • 7:37:25am

Who killed Jesus?https://t.co/RtaokbAvyx

— Dan McClellan (@maklelan) August 9, 2023

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Unabogie Aug 9, 2023 • 7:40:01am

re: #222 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That is fine as long as gender conforms to biological sex.

This is my point. In their minds, their sex matches their gender, yet they *still* feel the need to use surgery to change their outward gender expression. What I’m saying is that cis people doing plastic surgery is absolutely the same as trans people. But Republicans support Trump getting hair plugs but decry Eliot Page affirming his own gender. It’s a glaring flaw in their worldview.

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 9, 2023 • 7:40:43am

re: #99 Nerdy Fish

There were a lot of possibilities here. That was kind of scary.

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Usually takes me 5 when missing positions 1 and 4 in this combination — and after 2 I knew that was the situation. A good reason not to play hard mode

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Aug 9, 2023 • 7:42:54am

Late bloomers.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 7:43:54am

Looks like another Chinese real estate developer - Country Garden - might be in deep shit, joining Evergrande.

The latest major industry player to get into trouble is Country Garden, once China’s largest developer.

Shares in the construction giant have plunged 16% in Hong Kong since Tuesday, after reports by Reuters and Chinese media that it missed interest payments on two US dollar-denominated bonds. Several of Country Garden’s yuan-denominated bonds were suspended from trading in Shanghai and Shenzhen on Tuesday after they dropped by more than 20%.

Country Garden did not respond to a request from CNN for comment.

On Tuesday, state-owned media outlet paper.cn, citing an anonymous company source, reported that Country Garden suffered “temporary liquidity pressure” due to deteriorating sales and a difficult refinancing environment. It was “actively” seeking funds to resolve the debt crunch and would protect the legitimate rights of creditors, the person was quoted as saying.

Although Country Garden still has a 30-day grace period before it can be labeled as a defaulter, the collapse in market confidence shows investors are worried about the company’s future.

edition.cnn.com

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Vicious Babushka Aug 9, 2023 • 7:43:57am

Got a birbie.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 7:46:49am

If she broke her pelvis, it’s just a matter of time.

BREAKING: Dianne Feinstein Hospitalized After Falling at Her House https://t.co/lIEHVoJguU

— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) August 9, 2023

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 7:48:55am

I got the par but only because on my third try I was able to use all three options for the solve on 4.

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 7:49:15am

And thus, Anakin Skywalker’s fall to the Dark Side of the Force began…..

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:49:30am

re: #224 Unabogie

and remember when there was a time when “real men” wore powdered wigs, makeup, high heels with knee socks and frilly cuffs and collars?

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 9, 2023 • 7:50:44am

re: #120 Dr Lizardo

Hmmm…..maybe Trump is subconsciously expressing a desire to flee the country?

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Dubai UAE would be his best option. No extradition treaty, and I think he has a golf property there already? In any event, it’s full of Russian hookers, so he should have no problem finding Wife #4.

At this point, this might well be the best outcome. His cult might finally see him for the coward he really is, once he abandons them.

Sure, he wouldn’t get his comeuppance - but look at it this way; He’s old and unhealthy and any punishment we could give him wouldn’t last long enough anyway.

Trump lies about everything. I am confident he has no desire in living elsewhere outside his comfort zone. It’s not as though he speaks any language other than English or has any interest in exploring other cultures or cuisines. His only interest is in emulating authoritarians elsewhere and installing a similar regime here.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 7:50:56am

re: #211 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Florida Students Now Need Parental Permission to Use Nicknames, ‘Alternate’ Names Under New Ron DeSantis Rule

Laser like focus on the important stuff

So if I’m a student in Florida, I can’t be Steve in? I gotta go by Stephen?

What the actual flying fuck?

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 7:51:34am

re: #229 Dave In Austin

If she broke her pelvis, it’s just a matter of time.

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I wish her no ill will, but:

RETIRE ALREADY, DAMN IT.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:52:19am

re: #233 Hecuba’s daughter

Trump lies about everything. I am confident he has no desire in living elsewhere outside his comfort zone. It’s not as though he speaks any language other than English or has any interest in exploring other cultures or cuisines. His only interest is in emulating authoritarians elsewhere and installing a similar regime here.

I think he is trying to couch it as a dig at what Joe Biden is doing to “ruin” America for people like him…

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 9, 2023 • 7:52:34am

re: #121 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅

So, I am creating a log-normal curve, the bad one for this game ….

No, it must be my choice; stupid game. Reset — max is still 59, but I was closing in 👻

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NY Times said there were more fails than usual today. Too many choices.

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 7:52:55am

re: #229 Dave In Austin

If she broke her pelvis, it’s just a matter of time.

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Dianne and Mitch need to retire….and TFG needs to be locked away.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:53:22am

re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg

I wish her no ill will, but:

RETIRE ALREADY, DAMN IT.

How about a cage fight between her and Mitch McConnell?

(just joking, but I am sure that has been proposed already)

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 7:54:22am

re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg

I wish her no ill will, but:

RETIRE ALREADY, DAMN IT.

I’m trying to stay away from being ageist or flat-out saying that people of a certain age can’t serve as politicians, but I feel like the physical, mental, and psychological criteria in order to run for national offices need to be a bit more stringent. (And to those who are concerned that President Biden might not be President under this standard: It bears noting that the man still rides a bike regularly. I’m a lot less worried about him than someone like Feinstein, or Yertle the Turtle.)

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Aug 9, 2023 • 7:55:12am

re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg

I wish her no ill will, but:

RETIRE ALREADY, DAMN IT.

That would be the end of judicial appointments for Biden, so we have to leave her in place.

(The linked article says she was treated and released, so pelvis probably intact.)

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 7:56:32am

re: #234 Eclectic Cyborg

So if I’m a student in Florida, I can’t be Steve in? I gotta go by Stephen?

What the actual flying fuck?

His next legislation is going to ban ‘alternate’ names for food products: You can’t call a pizza a ‘pie’, you can’t call a cup of coffee a ‘cup of Joe’, you can’t call a vodka and orange juice a ‘screwdriver’, and you can’t call whiskey ‘juice’ or ‘brown water’.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 7:56:43am

re: #219 Dr. Matt

Tell us you’re a fascist scum without telling us you’re a fascist scum.

Ron DeSantis removes a~~nother~~ [BLACK] elected Democratic state prosecutor from office

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 8:00:57am

re: #241 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

That would be the end of judicial appointments for Biden, so we have to leave her in place.

(The linked article says she was treated and released, so pelvis probably intact.)

Wouldn’t another Democrat be appointed in her place?

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 8:02:32am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

Wouldn’t another Democrat be appointed in her place?

The Senate Republicans have said they will flat-out refuse to allow any replacement for Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee. How they have any say in the matter, I have no idea, but if she retires or is unable to serve for any reason, we’re back to not getting any nominees out of committee until 2025.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 8:03:21am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

Wouldn’t another Democrat be appointed in her place?

If Feinstein resigns and Newson appoints a replacement McConnell made it clear he would block any committee reassignments so Judiciary would be deadlocked.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 8:03:42am

re: #242 Dr. Matt

His next legislation is going to ban ‘alternate’ names for food products: You can’t call a pizza a ‘pie’, you can’t call a cup of coffee a ‘cup of Joe’, you can’t call a vodka and orange juice a ‘screwdriver’, and you can’t call whiskey ‘juice’ or ‘brown water’.

Yeah, I can see why he wouldn’t like that one.

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jeffreyw Aug 9, 2023 • 8:03:49am

Mastodon

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 8:04:00am

re: #238 Dr. Matt

Dianne and Mitch need to retire….and TFG needs to be locked away.

Don’t forget Grassley.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 8:04:15am

re: #246 Joe Bacon ✅

If Feinstein resigns and Newson appoints a replacement McConnell made it clear he would block any committee reassignments so Judiciary would be deadlocked.

Oh FFS.

As if I didn’t already hate him enough.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:05:02am

re: #229 Dave In Austin

If she broke her pelvis, it’s just a matter of time.

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when dangermom was in rehab after the hospital last year there was a very nice doctor/PA team attending to her.

it was clear to me we needed someone closer because her GP had just retired and that trip was too long for her anyway.

so we switched to this PA who is 4 minutes from home. So convenient.

at 94, dangermom is in great physical health.

the PA repeats this every time we visit: do everything you can to stay out of the hospital. You won’t survive, and if by chance you do, you will not ever recover like a younger person.

for dangermom, that mostly means two things: always use the walker and eat well.

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Mike Lamb Aug 9, 2023 • 8:06:47am

re: #40 goddamnedfrank

So I just got back from my first ride in the new bike shoes my Dad got me for my birthday. Now, normally I’d never do this but, y’all, this place is fucking legit, and these prices are too good not to share.

I mean, sure, it’s probably a mob operation or something, and yeah, maybe these shoes “fell of the back of a truck”, but hey we don’t actually know that for sure.

My advice to anyone getting in to running or cycling will always and forever be: pay whatever you need to find shoes that work with your feet (and a saddle for biking). Absolutely nothing ruins running or riding than bad shoes.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:08:31am

re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg

I wish her no ill will, but:

RETIRE ALREADY, DAMN IT.

2018 was the time.
right now, i hate to say it, she can’t.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:09:45am

re: #236 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I think he is trying to couch it as a dig at what Joe Biden is doing to “ruin” America for people like him…

as long as there’s mcdonalds and some semblance of golf, he doesnt give a shit. ok maybe a steady stream of fawners. oh and a gold plated toilet.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Aug 9, 2023 • 8:11:21am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

Wouldn’t another Democrat be appointed in her place?

No, repugs could (and would) block it.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:11:33am

re: #245 Nerdy Fish

The Senate Republicans have said they will flat-out refuse to allow any replacement for Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee. How they have any say in the matter, I have no idea, but if she retires or is unable to serve for any reason, we’re back to not getting any nominees out of committee until 2025.

part of the rules agreed to at the beginning of the senate session.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 8:11:55am

Governor Abbott, seen here, is ready to unveil to his loyal followers his latest game he likes to play with saw blades. pic.twitter.com/ml3jVZbBe8

— Robert Johnson (@Rob184rob) August 9, 2023

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So Cal Greek Hippie Aug 9, 2023 • 8:12:07am

Catching up:

On the location Former President Trump may be detained: It may cost a bit, but I say we build a somewhat nice but spartan compound for that dude smack dab in the middle of the US county that gave him the largest margin of victory in 2020. I don’t know where that is without research but guarantee it sux.

On alternative punishment: Let him go free if he can fit in a sleeveless jean jacket, and ride a flag festooned old Harley Chopper with a big boob mannequin on the back, helmet-less and unassisted for 10 miles. I guarantee he would not make it

On California: see photo

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 8:12:22am

Trump: Then and Now.

Video 1 (Trump in 2020): Bill Barr should indict my opponents “and that includes Obama and it includes Biden.”

Video 2 (Trump Today): “Is this going to be the future of America where a sitting president tells his attorney general to indict the opponent?”

🎥 @Acyn @atrupar pic.twitter.com/JO62HlHwy5

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 8, 2023

Trump ALWAYS projects his crimes like he’s an imax theater showing 3d.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 8:13:53am

re: #259 lawhawk

Trump: Then and Now.

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Trump ALWAYS projects his crimes like he’s an imax theater showing 3d.

and GOP Stenographers like Bartilomo enable him every step of the way.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:14:12am

re: #252 Mike Lamb

My advice to anyone getting in to running or cycling will always and forever be: pay whatever you need to find shoes that work with your feet (and a saddle for biking). Absolutely nothing ruins running or riding than bad shoes.

whenever i see a sports medicine doc, which thankfully is rare, his first question has always been “what sneaks do you run in?”

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Patricia Kayden Aug 9, 2023 • 8:15:23am

re: #246 Joe Bacon ✅

If Feinstein resigns and Newson appoints a replacement McConnell made it clear he would block any committee reassignments so Judiciary would be deadlocked.

It’s ridiculous that McConnell can do that. So if Feinstein were to pass away, McConnell, as a minority leader, can hamstring Democrats from replacing her on the Judicial Committee? Democrats need to work to change these draconian rules. I’m pretty sure that if the shoe was on the other foot, Democrats wouldn’t stop Republicans from replacing an ailing Republican.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:16:42am

re: #258 So Cal Greek Hippie

Catching up:

On alternative punishment: Let him go free if he can fit in a sleeveless jean jacket, and ride a flag festooned old Harley Chopper [hard-tail] with a big boob mannequin on the back, helmet-less and unassisted for 10 miles. I guarantee he would not make it

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not cruel. definitely ‘unusual’

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 8:16:46am

re: #262 Patricia Kayden

Note how McConnell is making sure every GOP Senator marches lockstep with Coach Tommy in sabotaging the military command structure.

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 8:16:51am

re: #262 Patricia Kayden

I’m pretty sure that if the shoe was on the other foot, Democrats wouldn’t stop Republicans from replacing an ailing Republican.

Of course not, because Democrats actually care about having a properly functional government, as well as having compassion. Republicans prefer government being broken, and the only compassion they have is on themselves.

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 9, 2023 • 8:18:19am

re: #207 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

But sometimes you get lucky.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:19:15am

re: #262 Patricia Kayden

It’s ridiculous that McConnell can do that. So if Feinstein were to pass away, McConnell, as a minority leader, can hamstring Democrats from replacing her on the Judicial Committee? Democrats need to work to change these draconian rules. I’m pretty sure that if the shoe was on the other foot, Democrats wouldn’t stop Republicans from replacing an ailing Republican.

negotiating the rules was tough because the senate D/R breakdown was so close

this is another of those unfortunate and rare circumstances that no one actually pays a lot of attention to, until it happens.

you know, like a president pardoning himself

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 8:20:00am

re: #262 Patricia Kayden

It’s ridiculous that McConnell can do that. So if Feinstein were to pass away, McConnell, as a minority leader, can hamstring Democrats from replacing her on the Judicial Committee? Democrats need to work to change these draconian rules. I’m pretty sure that if the shoe was on the other foot, Democrats wouldn’t stop Republicans from replacing an ailing Republican.

The Senate rules are terribly broken. See also: Tuberville, Tommy.

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Hecuba's daughter Aug 9, 2023 • 8:20:57am

re: #211 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Florida Students Now Need Parental Permission to Use Nicknames, ‘Alternate’ Names Under New Ron DeSantis Rule

Laser like focus on the important stuff

So Rafael Cruz would have been forced to get parental permission to use Ted?

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 8:21:47am

I remember when I was in high school (say 80~81) and some I hung out with, especially the hard core Springsteen fans, would tell me how boring and how blah this record was.

I just smiled. And ignored them.

Then I cranked the hell out of Running on Empty.

And when I got the chance to see him live, I screamed my lungs out on this and so many other songs. God damn, I still love him.

Running on Empty (Remastered)

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 8:22:24am

re: #269 Hecuba’s daughter

So Rafael Cruz would have been forced to get parental permission to use Ted?

And the Apostle Paul would have to go back to using Saul.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 8:25:25am

re: #258 So Cal Greek Hippie

: Let him go free if he can fit in a sleeveless jean jacket, and ride a flag festooned old Harley Chopper with a big boob mannequin on the back, helmet-less and unassisted for 10 miles.

Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

I rode for years and _NEVER_ did a hard tail (My back is fucked over enough, christ on a crutch, I couldn’t use a goddamn chair much less walk if I had!) That stupid fuck would shit his pants the first corner in a trike.

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Patricia Kayden Aug 9, 2023 • 8:26:21am

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 8:29:49am

re: #273 Patricia Kayden

Republicans—so “pro-life” they don’t give a fuck what happens after a baby is born…except to say it’s Gawd’s Will when a kid dies…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:30:58am

re: #270 William Lewis

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Patricia Kayden Aug 9, 2023 • 8:31:03am

re: #257 Dave In Austin

No seriously, what the hell is that? If that is what Abbott has authorized to be placed in the water to stop migrants from crossing over into Texas, the federal government needs to step in and remove them. Had no idea! This is barbaric and has got to be illegal. You don’t get to maim or kill migrants just because.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:31:54am

re: #276 Patricia Kayden

No seriously, what the hell is that? If that is what Abbott has authorized to be placed in the water to stop migrants from crossing over into Texas, the federal government needs to step in and remove them. Had no idea! This is barbaric and has got to be illegal. You don’t get to maim or kill migrants just because.

enough people would disagree based on the notion of “they should have known it was illegal!”

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wrenchwench Aug 9, 2023 • 8:31:57am

Another fiver.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 8:32:39am

State Attorney Monique Worrell responds to Desantis removing her: “If we are mourning anything this morning, it’s the loss of democracy. I am your duly elected State Attorney, and nothing done by a weak dictator can change that.” pic.twitter.com/3Jna55HNQG

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 9, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 8:32:43am

re: #276 Patricia Kayden

No seriously, what the hell is that? If that is what Abbott has authorized to be placed in the water to stop migrants from crossing over into Texas, the federal government needs to step in and remove them. Had no idea! This is barbaric and has got to be illegal. You don’t get to maim or kill migrants just because.

They put up RAZOR WIRE. Actual military-grade barbed-wire fencing designed to injure people. These things don’t surprise me in the slightest.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 8:34:11am

A bit of country punk, just because… ;)

Let’s Make Out

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 8:34:45am

The only way we’ll ever be able to tax billionaires is if we tell them all the money is going to losing GOP presidential candidates. https://t.co/5WFXINZ28b

— L O L G O P (@LOLGOP) August 9, 2023

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Eventual Carrion Aug 9, 2023 • 8:36:12am

re: #270 William Lewis

I remember when I was in high school (say 80~81) and some I hung out with, especially the hard core Springsteen fans, would tell me how boring and how blah this record was.

I just smiled. And ignored them.

Then I cranked the hell out of Running on Empty.

And when I got the chance to see him live, I screamed my lungs out on this and so many other songs. God damn, I still love him.

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Wife and I caught him a few years back at the Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Cleveland. We were doing a “let’s see them before they die” concert summer (caught James Taylor that summer also). They put on a great show.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 8:36:25am

re: #276 Patricia Kayden

No seriously, what the hell is that? If that is what Abbott has authorized to be placed in the water to stop migrants from crossing over into Texas, the federal government needs to step in and remove them. Had no idea! This is barbaric and has got to be illegal. You don’t get to maim or kill migrants just because.

And Republicans are simple giddy about the harm done.

Gail and I are having some serious conversations about our future in this state.
I don’t particularly feel safe here in Texas anymore and it’s only bound to get worse.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 8:37:08am

re: #276 Patricia Kayden

No seriously, what the hell is that? If that is what Abbott has authorized to be placed in the water to stop migrants from crossing over into Texas, the federal government needs to step in and remove them. Had no idea! This is barbaric and has got to be illegal. You don’t get to maim or kill migrants just because.

I have said this before and I mean it seriously.

Governor Hotwheels needs to be renditioned to The Hague and charged with crimes against humanity. And then spend his sentence in a European prison. Preferably for life without parole.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 8:39:19am

re: #282 lawhawk

That’s one expensive toilet flush, Larry

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Nojay UK Aug 9, 2023 • 8:39:48am

re: #204 Belafon

Who was the majority group in that scenario?

The ‘45 (as it’s usually referred to in Scotland) was the last gasp of the Hundred Years War between the French and the English which kicked off in the 1300s. By the 1600s it had devolved, thanks to Henry VIII, into a religious schism, Protestantism vs. Catholicism, with lots of supposed Christian folks shooting at each other in God’s name.

Scotland had melded with England’s monarchy when Protestant James VI was the last man standing in the race to find a successor for the crown of England after Elizabeth I karked it without issue of her loins, and then later when Scotland had bankrupted itself in the Darien Venture the Union of Parliaments happened in 1707 hence the United Kingdom we keep on talking about today. The Stuarts fronted up a damp squib rebellion after the House of Hanover took over the monarchy in 1715 with support from Catholic and Monarchist France, from whence came Bonnie Prince Charlie and a lot of French money to rouse the clans in 1745. As it turned out broadswords and the best songs were no match for metalled roads and artillery (see also Native American tribes vs. US Army passim).

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 8:39:49am

re: #283 Eventual Carrion

Wife and I caught him a few years back at the Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica in Cleveland. We were doing a “let’s see them before they die” concert summer (caught James Taylor that summer also). They put on a great show.

This was years and years ago :D Heart was the opening act and wasn’t that just a hell of a night? Ann & Nancy were a hella combo on thier own…

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Patricia Kayden Aug 9, 2023 • 8:41:16am

re: #285 William Lewis

Tbh, I didn’t know that Abbott was doing this. I’m kind of shocked at the muted response/pushback at the use of what looks like a saw being placed where migrants including children can be hurt or killed. What has this country come to? Who are we? SMH

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 8:41:38am

re: #274 Joe Bacon ✅

Republicans—so “pro-life” they don’t give a fuck what happens after a baby is born…except to say it’s Gawd’s Will when a kid dies…

cribbed from a couple of randos to make a list

There is NO pro-life movement. There is only a movement to force women to carry to term.

A pro-life movement would support:

expanded medicaid
expanded child care
expanded parental leave
prosecution of dead beat dads
meal programs for schools
family planning resources
sex education
eradication of poverty

and regulation of guns and decisive actions towards ending kids being slaughtered in classrooms (and Americans more broadly)

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So Cal Greek Hippie Aug 9, 2023 • 8:42:51am

re: #263 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

Hey I would pay to see Mr. Trump do an unscripted live Re-enact of any McNaughton painting come to think of it

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 8:42:58am

re: #289 Patricia Kayden

Tbh, I didn’t know that Abbott was doing this. I’m kind of shocked at the muted response/pushback at the use of what looks like a saw being placed where migrants including children can be hurt or killed. What has this country come to? Who are we? SMH

Not just can be, HAVE BEEN. Two people died in the Rio Grande last week, or two weeks ago, tangled up in one of those floating barriers. One was a 9-year-old Honduran girl. But Greg Abbott is a great and noble Christian leader, don’t you know.

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wrenchwench Aug 9, 2023 • 8:43:27am

re: #291 So Cal Greek Hippie

Hey I would pay to see Mr. Trump do an unscripted live Re-enact of any McNaughton painting come to think of it

FRAMED!

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 8:47:21am

Ernst Röhm had a plan too. https://t.co/YrfA9Ru2ei

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 9, 2023

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 8:48:54am

re: #289 Patricia Kayden

Tbh, I didn’t know that Abbott was doing this. I’m kind of shocked at the muted response/pushback at the use of what looks like a saw being placed where migrants including children can be hurt or killed. What has this country come to? Who are we? SMH

It’s non-white but especially brown people being killed. That’s what’s important to them. It always has been. But ever since he got his pay out for being crippled he’s worked to make sure no one else ever will. He really is that evil.

There are lots of slimy republicans out there.

Abbot puts 99.99% of them to rest - he’s far more wicked than any of them.

If there were actual justice in the universe, he would be hanged from the same gallows, using the same rope, that the hanged the Nazi criminals after the Nuremberg trials.

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Vicious Babushka Aug 9, 2023 • 8:49:58am

Mastodon

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Vicious Babushka Aug 9, 2023 • 8:53:06am

Mastodon

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danarchy Aug 9, 2023 • 9:00:18am

re: #292 Nerdy Fish

Not just can be, HAVE BEEN. Two people died in the Rio Grande last week, or two weeks ago, tangled up in one of those floating barriers. One was a 9-year-old Honduran girl. But Greg Abbott is a great and noble Christian leader, don’t you know.

The reports of the 9 year old Honduran girl were incorrect and later corrected to a 20 year old Honduran man. Not exactly sure how that mix up happens, but just to be accurate and not spread bad info.

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:01:01am

Yesterday he complained the charges took too long.
Today they were “quickly and haphazardly done.”

Please, I am not kidding, someone request a mental health evaluation on this guy ASAP.

He’s going to have an aneurysm. pic.twitter.com/vRCs43MruD

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 9, 2023

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 9:04:04am

re: #294 Dave In Austin

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Free gas? Cause he didn’t pay.
Plus his gas cap was already open

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lawhawk Aug 9, 2023 • 9:04:04am

In light of Trump’s nonstop word salad vomitus on social media, a guide for how to see whether Trump’s actually breaking the law and terms of his release pending trial:

If you missed it yesterday, I answered the questions I was getting about whether Trump violated the terms of his release with his weekend social media posts: https://t.co/Br8KSnAFnt

(Remember that my training is as a defense lawyer. I look for the weaknesses in accusations.)

— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) August 9, 2023

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:04:42am

pic.twitter.com/WNYCONKdNq

— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) August 9, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 9:04:53am

re: #298 danarchy

The reports of the 9 year old Honduran girl were incorrect and later corrected to a 20 year old Honduran man. Not exactly sure how that mix up happens, but just to be accurate and not spread bad info.

OK, thank you. Never saw the correction. I will add that it’s still tragic. Nobody, not even an old person who’s lived a full life, should die in a river obstacle when seeking asylum in the United States.

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Captain Ron Aug 9, 2023 • 9:07:28am

Holy shit. Marjorie Taylor Greene agreed with her MAGA audience calling for the execution of Democrats: “I think we’re ending on the right note!” (@patriottakes) pic.twitter.com/c65pWwOryr

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) August 9, 2023

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 9:07:45am

re: #289 Patricia Kayden

Tbh, I didn’t know that Abbott was doing this. I’m kind of shocked at the muted response/pushback at the use of what looks like a saw being placed where migrants including children can be hurt or killed. What has this country come to? Who are we? SMH

We’re too busy arguing about Barbie, Drag Queens, Book bans, some Jason Aldean song and a brawl on a pier in Alabama. There’s no time to discuss actual ISSUES.

/ half.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 9:08:41am

pic.twitter.com/xz6xKjvWce

— TravisBlues (@Travisblues01) August 9, 2023

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The Squire of Logos Aug 9, 2023 • 9:09:28am

re: #281 William Lewis

A bit of country punk, just because… ;)

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Nice tune. Thanks for sharing! I will have to investigate more of her material.

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William Lewis Aug 9, 2023 • 9:12:41am

re: #307 The Squire of Logos

Nice tune. Thanks for sharing! I will have to investigate more of her material.

I think you’ll enjoy her :)

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bratwurst Aug 9, 2023 • 9:15:06am

The only surprising thing here is that he wasn’t following him already!

pic.twitter.com/2ilCkdsscO

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 9, 2023

While I didn’t expect tech bros and the pundit class to line up and condemn Hanania this week, the pushback has been nauseating. I wonder if Greenwald & Tracey concocted their idiotic response (“How can we call anyone a racist when the Iraq War happened?!?!”) together, or each diseased brain came up with it independently.

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:15:25am

Mastodon

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 9:16:04am

Caption this. pic.twitter.com/T0LaSsaJkx

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 9, 2023

“Tread on this, Jack.”

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Nerdy Fish Aug 9, 2023 • 9:17:09am

re: #301 lawhawk

In light of Trump’s nonstop word salad vomitus on social media, a guide for how to see whether Trump’s actually breaking the law and terms of his release pending trial:

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That was great. I enjoy reading analyses like these that run contrary to the popular narrative. Not because they’re always right; sometimes the blind squirrel finds a nut. But it gives me a better idea of how to do the analysis myself, or solid reasoning to confirm my misgivings about the popular narrative on a topic.

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:17:24am

Mastodon

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 9:19:12am

re: #296 Vicious Babushka

House Dems ‘sharpening their knives’ as GOP threatens government shut down over abortion pill

The GOP have chosen their hill to die on and it turns out to be a Mons Veneris

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 9:20:56am

re: #313 Backwoods Sleuth

I looked at six states, including Ohio, have voted on issues linked to abortion access. In 500 of the 510 counties in those states, the pro-abortion-access position outperformed Biden’s 2020 margin.

all this proves is that the results were falsified

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Barefoot Grin Aug 9, 2023 • 9:21:19am

re: #302 Backwoods Sleuth

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There’s one of those in Lexington, KY, too.

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:21:34am

A source said Worrell’s upper level management has been fired. Her staff was barred from entering the office in downtown Orlando today.

— Christopher Cann (@ChrisCannFL) August 9, 2023

All court proceedings in the Ninth Circuit paused until 1:30 p.m., chief judge said.

— Christopher Cann (@ChrisCannFL) August 9, 2023

NEW: The chief assistant state attorney will be Ryan Williams, according to a source familiar with the situation. Williams previously ran against Worrell in the election to be the top prosecutor in Orange and Osceola counties. He received 9,157 votes, the least of any contenders.

— Christopher Cann (@ChrisCannFL) August 9, 2023

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darthstar Aug 9, 2023 • 9:22:08am

re: #294 Dave In Austin

He grips that gas pump handle like a lover. Does he not see the little flap to keep it engaged so he doesn’t have to stroke it to get the fuel to flow?

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 9:23:12am

re: #317 Backwoods Sleuth

JFC.

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Teukka Aug 9, 2023 • 9:23:15am

re: #310 Backwoods Sleuth

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 9:24:14am

Update

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darthstar Aug 9, 2023 • 9:24:41am

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:28:11am

Anthony Bourdain was a great friend…he knew the power of a shared meal, and opened me up to a world I never knew existed. That’s why so many people loved him.

Listen to more stories and memories with my dear friend @ericripert on Longer Tables…anywhere you get your podcasts. pic.twitter.com/yqMOGlS0WZ

— José Andrés 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇺🇦 (@chefjoseandres) August 9, 2023

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 9:28:19am

re: #314 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The GOP have chosen their hill to die on and it turns out to be a Mons Veneris

and they still couldnt find it //

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 9:29:56am

re: #322 darthstar

And in that moment, surrounded by the people of Nazareth, Jesus stared deep into Satans eyes and assured him: “I’ll be back”.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 9:30:23am

re: #254 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

as long as there’s mcdonalds and some semblance of golf, he doesnt give a shit. ok maybe a steady stream of fawners. oh and a gold plated toilet.

Trump won’t get the adoration he gets here. He ain’t going anywhere.

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 9:31:04am

re: #321 Joe Bacon ✅

bUswUHlBTTVGbFJNSHNUTFUvZGRraWNKQytCZll5SnoyazQzblBlZGxBWENmb2NlL2FrMTYzeUw0UmpKMyt6NnBoYzE4UmRObE5pdzJlUEdlT1ZBRUE9PTo6hLy2hfQyhULDN9+DR47+8A==

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:31:15am

This is Callie. She is training. What she is training for, no one knows. But she will be ready. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/F8JNWJ0GbV

— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) August 7, 2023

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danarchy Aug 9, 2023 • 9:35:03am

re: #318 darthstar

He grips that gas pump handle like a lover. Does he not see the little flap to keep it engaged so he doesn’t have to stroke it to get the fuel to flow?

Until a few years back those were illegal in Massachusetts. Lot’s of gas stations still don’t have them. I think they changed the law because people were just wedging their gas caps in the handle and they figured the clip was a better option.

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The Squire of Logos Aug 9, 2023 • 9:35:27am

re: #321 Joe Bacon ✅

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 9:36:01am

re: #322 darthstar

Before or after steroids?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Aug 9, 2023 • 9:36:26am

re: #258 So Cal Greek Hippie

If he’s convicted of shit that’s against the United States he should immediately lose SS protection. This isn’t some financial crime, although that may wind up being part of this whole clusterfuck, this is a crime against the United States itself.

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Vicious Babushka Aug 9, 2023 • 9:38:14am

re: #329 danarchy

Until a few years back those were illegal in Massachusetts. Lot’s of gas stations still don’t have them. I think they changed the law because people were just wedging their gas caps in the handle and they figured the clip was a better option.

There is no gas coming out of that pump. Do you hear the beeping? He hasn’t even selected a gas grade.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 9:39:29am

re: #333 Vicious Babushka

There is no gas coming out of that pump. Do you hear the beeping? He hasn’t even selected a gas grade.

He is used to squeezing the nozzle tight and seeing nothing come out of the end…

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 9:39:46am

re: #323 Backwoods Sleuth

I think we all miss Tony….

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 9:40:25am

re: #294 Dave In Austin

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The senile and incapable Joe Biden is responsible for the worldwide increase in energy costs?

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Aug 9, 2023 • 9:41:39am

re: #320 Teukka

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no need to steal it
i’m living it

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 9:42:03am

re: #333 Vicious Babushka

There is no gas coming out of that pump. Do you hear the beeping? He hasn’t even selected a gas grade.

The last time Mikey actually pumped his own gas, the pumps looked like this:

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 9:44:04am

re: #338 Dr. Matt

The last time Mikey actually pumped his own gas, the pumps looked like this:

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Memories when I was a kid when Dad’s buddy Ira had a Cities Service gas station and he rigged the pumps to play “When The Saints Go Marching In” when they were filling up cars. Folks would line up at Ira’s station and they would sing along with the pumps.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 9:45:18am

This one 😂🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/K6VzGRMBmI

— Mr. Christopher (@iamalmostlegend) August 9, 2023

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 9:46:57am

re: #340 Dave In Austin

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Whoa. What was the original video from? I assume another white trash hick trying to assault a PoC?

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 9:48:08am

re: #341 Dr. Matt

Whoa. What was the original video from? I assume another white trash hick trying to assault a PoC?

Ah just another fine outstanding right wing Xtian…

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 9:48:42am

re: #342 Joe Bacon ✅

Ah just another fine outstanding right wing Xtian…

YouTube to the rescue: youtube.com

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 9:49:39am

re: #279 Dave In Austin

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Strangely, Texas’ constitution is actually better than that: the governor has no authority over elected officials.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 9:49:54am

Sing Along With Mitch!

Stand By Me - Seal (Man Punching Car Window FULL SONG)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 9:50:17am

re: #344 Belafon

Strangely, Texas’ constitution is actually better than that: the governor has no authority over elected officials.

DeSantis has spent a lot of time hollowing out the Florida Constitution

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Semper Fi Aug 9, 2023 • 9:51:03am

re: #258 So Cal Greek Hippie

Catching up:

On the location Former President Trump may be detained: It may cost a bit, but I say we build a somewhat nice but spartan compound for that dude smack dab in the middle of the US county that gave him the largest margin of victory in 2020. I don’t know where that is without research but guarantee it sux.

On alternative punishment: Let him go free if he can fit in a sleeveless jean jacket, and ride a flag festooned old Harley Chopper with a big boob mannequin on the back, helmet-less and unassisted for 10 miles. I guarantee he would not make it

On California: see photo

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Nice look of Ventura, CA
Would be nice to have a fish & chips lunch in Andrea’s at the harbor.

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Belafon Aug 9, 2023 • 9:52:27am

re: #287 Nojay UK

The ‘45 (as it’s usually referred to in Scotland) was the last gasp of the Hundred Years War between the French and the English which kicked off in the 1300s. By the 1600s it had devolved, thanks to Henry VIII, into a religious schism, Protestantism vs. Catholicism, with lots of supposed Christian folks shooting at each other in God’s name.

Scotland had melded with England’s monarchy when Protestant James VI was the last man standing in the race to find a successor for the crown of England after Elizabeth I karked it without issue of her loins, and then later when Scotland had bankrupted itself in the Darien Venture the Union of Parliaments happened in 1707 hence the United Kingdom we keep on talking about today. The Stuarts fronted up a damp squib rebellion after the House of Hanover took over the monarchy in 1715 with support from Catholic and Monarchist France, from whence came Bonnie Prince Charlie and a lot of French money to rouse the clans in 1745. As it turned out broadswords and the best songs were no match for metalled roads and artillery (see also Native American tribes vs. US Army passim).

Thanks. The problem with the comparison from earlier is it eventually because whites vs blacks, not North vs South.

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:57:08am

Five years ago today, Moo broke the internet with his pajamas. 14/10 pic.twitter.com/n0QbCrzQEM

— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) August 9, 2023

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 9:57:58am

Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman,” has died. He was 81. https://t.co/znMM5gu8Oz

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2023

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 10:03:24am

LOLOL

Special Counsel Jack Smith sought and obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account, @realdonaldtrump, in January, according to newly revealed court documents.

Twitter’s initial resistance to complying with the warrant resulted in a federal judge holding the company in contempt and levying a $350,000 fine. The federal court of appeals in Washington, D.C., recently upheld that fine.

politico.com

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darthstar Aug 9, 2023 • 10:08:21am

So has the former guy had anything to say today? I’m just feeling really relaxed in a little red house in the redwoods…parked the car above it last night and didn’t discover the driveway until I was walking the boys this morning. Doh!

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Captain Ron Aug 9, 2023 • 10:08:59am

map of the world, 1450
by venetian cartographer fra mauro

not bad pic.twitter.com/Kr673WEG8E

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 9, 2023

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 10:10:12am

re: #353 Captain Ron

I thought it was just random splotches until I realized how much smaller “the world” was back then.

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HRH Stanley Sea Aug 9, 2023 • 10:10:23am

re: #302 Backwoods Sleuth

From NOLA in June

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darthstar Aug 9, 2023 • 10:10:29am

Plant ‘em young.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 10:11:06am

re: #352 darthstar

I spent my senior year of HS in Los Gatos and spent A LOT of time in Big Basin and the Peninsula as a whole. I miss the Redwoods.

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sagehen Aug 9, 2023 • 10:12:46am

re: #175 mmmirele

What was it about 1983-1984 that caused all this to come out? In that period, we got “The Day After” (US TV movie about a nuclear attack), “Testament” (US theatrical movie about a nuclear attack) and then “Threads” (British TV movie about a nuclear attack)? I mean, besides the fact that Ronald Reagan was president….?

Able Archer. In November ‘83, NATO had a set of nuclear war exercises, a simulation, that were just a little too realistic, setting off panic in the USSR.

(this was just shortly after the Stanislav Petrov incident.)

Other related TV; set in that time frame, but produced and released in 2015,

Deutschland 83

An East German spy inserted into the staff of the West German military’s top general. There’s a couple of VERY tense episodes where he’s trying to convince his handlers IT’S JUST AN EXERCISE IT’S A SIMULATION NO IT’S NOT REALLY AN ATTACK DO NOT RESPOND.

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EstebanTornado1963 Aug 9, 2023 • 10:16:58am

Dawg I’m crying!!! Wife tryna get husband killed bruh 😭😭😭

Dude:”Aye man there’s 2 moose out here fighting by my damn truck”

Wife:”Go tell them to move baby”

Dude:”The hell ima say to a moose? The hell wrong wit chu?” pic.twitter.com/x8s6eRyJV1

— Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) August 9, 2023

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 10:17:10am

re: #358 sagehen

. An East German spy inserted into the staff of the West German military’s top general. There’s a couple of VERY tense episodes where he’s trying to convince his handlers IT’S JUST AN EXERCISE IT’S A SIMULATION NO IT’S NOT REALLY AN ATTACK DO NOT RESPOND.

“It’s just a formation of 99 LUFTBALLOONS!!!”

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Dr. Matt Aug 9, 2023 • 10:17:33am

My FB memory reminded me today is the anniversary of MAL getting “raided” by the FBI. August needs a federal holiday. August 9th sounds good to me.

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Backwoods Sleuth Aug 9, 2023 • 10:17:42am

Mastodon

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 10:19:28am

re: #358 sagehen

Deutschland 83 was outstanding. I also highly recommend the two follow-up series, Deutschland 86 and Deutschland 89.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Aug 9, 2023 • 10:23:53am

re: #318 darthstar

He grips that gas pump handle like a lover. Does he not see the little flap to keep it engaged so he doesn’t have to stroke it to get the fuel to flow?

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 10:25:49am

This is approximately one mile south of the Trump Doral Resort. https://t.co/U1zUzQxiln

— Grant Stern  (@grantstern) August 9, 2023

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Eclectic Cyborg Aug 9, 2023 • 10:27:29am

re: #365 Dave In Austin

Fleming said the vehicles were dumped in this body of water during various criminal activities.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 10:28:02am

Your Daddy still hates you Jr. pic.twitter.com/Zgr13V1Ho7

— TravisBlues (@Travisblues01) August 9, 2023

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Markm1960 Aug 9, 2023 • 10:29:38am

re: #281 William Lewis

A bit of country punk, just because… ;)

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Love Lydia.

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 10:30:53am

🚨 FLASH POLL—COMMENT BELOW: Who should President Donald Trump select as Vice President?#AmericasMayorLive 🇺🇲 https://t.co/dl5ZP4j70O

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) August 9, 2023

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Joe Bacon ✅ Aug 9, 2023 • 10:33:53am

re: #369 Dave In Austin

Who should President Donald Trump select as Vice President?

Tough choice between Kanye West and Roseanne.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Aug 9, 2023 • 10:34:03am

re: #67 TedStriker

If Persis Khambatta-in-her-prime were to return from the dead as V’ger 2’s probe, I’d shit a solid-gold brick…

Sadly, she didn’t make it much past her prime and died still beautiful. Dead at 49 from chain smoking. She was a hardcore addict and it killed her.

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The Ghost of a Flea Aug 9, 2023 • 10:34:05am

re: #348 Belafon

Thanks. The problem with the comparison from earlier is it eventually because whites vs blacks, not North vs South.

It’s notable when talking about that period that racism—and race really can’t be separated from it’s immediate use to classify superior and inferior types—wasn’t as firmly-rooted in a singular whiteness shared by Europeans. The Scots and the Irish…and the Welsh…were viewed as backwards unassimilated clades that were distinct, and each time they asserted their autonomy (or simply did something inconvenient, like try and continue their language) the explanations and descriptions of their actions would incorporate the kind of dehumanizing descriptors we’d now associate with modern racism against nonwhites.

Like, there’s a period where you can see the European powers begin to test out rhetoric of dehumanization—borrowing both from Greek philosophers and Biblical texts to make it seem coherent with sources of truth—as they begin to solidify their borders and forcibly create modern nations. The tropes that become racist and the tropes that become “white trash” emerge from the same need of the aristocracy (and the early nationalism-fostering institutions both under monarchs and republics) to strip rights from groups and individuals they were forcing to operate within the needs of the state.

Rhetoric that you’d use for your Slav slaves, or the Jews, or the Roma/Sinti, or for some provincial group that didn’t want to be the periphery of your empire (like the Bretons and Basques or Scots) is version 1.0 to the version 2.0 deployed when African slavery and colonization of the Americas created an opportunity for expansion contingent on denying the humanity of black and indigenous people.

That’s the problem with talking about all of this from a modern perspective: we are all using a poisonous bad faith construct as our vocabulary, and to a large extent the racism have “made” modern race distinction true through establishing norms and backing them with violence. We’re now in a kind of Foucault’s Boomerang scenario where the same tropes are so ingrained in our language that the tropes are once again applied to white Americans to other white Americans, as part of de-legitimizing them.

[my perspective as a leftist that’s still a bit liberal is that the modern “right” is illegitimate because it’s positions are both cruel and ineffective, not because they’re dumb or rural or inbred etc,]

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Aug 9, 2023 • 10:35:01am

re: #370 Joe Bacon ✅

Who should President Donald Trump select as Vice President?

Tough choice between Kanye West and Roseanne.

RFK Jr. to unite Americans. The right-wing fuckups and the far-left fuckups working together to fuck everything up.

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cat-tikvah Aug 9, 2023 • 10:35:28am

re: #314 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The GOP have chosen their hill to die on and it turns out to be a Mons Veneris

Or a vagina dentata!

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Teukka Aug 9, 2023 • 10:36:05am

INB4 Lone Skum gets the co-conspirator treatment?

NEWS: Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account in January.

A delay in compliance by the company prompted a federal judge to hold Twitter in contempt and fine the company $350,000.

Details TK

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 9, 2023

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 10:37:07am

re: #370 Joe Bacon ✅

re: #373 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

RFK Jr. to unite Americans. The right-wing fuckups and the far-left fuckups working together to fuck everything up.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 10:37:30am

re: #370 Joe Bacon ✅

Who should President Donald Trump select as Vice President?

Tough choice between Kanye West and Roseanne.

RFK Jr

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Dave In Austin Aug 9, 2023 • 10:37:53am

If you fish and live in SoCal, it’s starting.
seaforthlanding.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Aug 9, 2023 • 10:38:21am

re: #374 cat-tikvah

Or a vagina dentata!

Hakuna Matata

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Dr Lizardo Aug 9, 2023 • 10:45:46am

re: #371 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Sadly, she didn’t make it much past her prime and died still beautiful. Dead at 49 from chain smoking. She was a hardcore addict and it killed her.

According to Wiki, she had to have coronary bypass surgery in 1983, at about the age of 35. Damn.

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sizzzzlerz Aug 9, 2023 • 10:49:07am

re: #323 Backwoods Sleuth

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i miss Tony as well. i loved his attitude and he was a refreshing difference from all the other “celebrity” chefs. plus, he despised rachel rae

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Markm1960 Aug 9, 2023 • 10:50:03am

re: #302 Backwoods Sleuth

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They never tell you this in the history books.

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So Cal Greek Hippie Aug 9, 2023 • 11:05:13am

re: #347 Semper Fi

Thanks. There is now a trail to the botanical garden that switchbacks up the hill for an even better view. I like this spot ever since the stonemasons convention came to Ventura and they conducted a master build (see photo).
Regarding Andreas: Count me in! But truth be told I like the place across the parking lot because it has very good chowder and mixed drinks. (See photo 2 of Ventura Harbor

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sagehen Aug 9, 2023 • 11:13:10am

re: #287 Nojay UK

The Stuarts fronted up a damp squib rebellion after the House of Hanover took over the monarchy in 1715 with support from Catholic and Monarchist France, from whence came Bonnie Prince Charlie and a lot of French money to rouse the clans in 1745. As it turned out broadswords and the best songs were no match for metalled roads and artillery (see also Native American tribes vs. US Army passim).

As long as we’re talking about television treatments of old wars…

For both Highlander: the series and Outlander, Culloden was a hugely formative episode in the lead characters’ backstory. Duncan and Jamie would be very different men had they not experienced this.

(Duncan probably died there, but it didn’t take. Jamie survived only because Claire had warned him how it would go and told him to stay at the periphery.)

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