And now, Judith Hill and her Stratocaster and her monumentally funky band, ripping the roof off Switzerland’s Mühle Hunziken.
Judith Hill Live @ Mühle Hunziken Rübigen Switzerland 05/11/2021
Websites :
judithhill.com
facebook.com
en.wikipedia.org
This Mastodon account is a weekly summary of the death toll from the Republican Plague.
In the bio, the account notes:
American Deaths:
498,332 - The Civil War
116,516 - WW1
675,000 - 1918 The Spanish Flu
405,399 - WW2
2,958 - 9/11
OMFG - Jack Smith “errantly” claimed Trump was a flight risk to convince Judge Beryl Howell to prevent Trump from knowing about the Twitter search warrant.
BERYL HOWELL AGREED THAT TRUMP WOULD “FLEE FROM PROSECTION” so she ordered the case sealed. pic.twitter.com/P3CxqSKkl8— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 9, 2023
It is LONG overdue for House GOP to impeach DC Judge Beryl Howell. Evil unrestrained. pic.twitter.com/dbyZH91Rtd
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 9, 2023
You make Jeanine Pirro look sober.
— Hal Perry 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@halperry) August 10, 2023
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
About those kinds of reports: we have to account for many nations not having the ability to track causes of death sufficiently, or do not like to make things public (see PRC.)
re: #5 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
About those kinds of reports: we have to account for many nations not having the ability to track causes of death sufficiently, or do not like to make things public (see PRC.)
We also have to account for Republican-run states or counties deliberately suppressing information about Covid-19 illness and deaths.
re: #4 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization
There’s a derp-hole under Julie’s post. Idiots are telling each other insane ways that they’ll protect the man who betrayed us all.
re: #12 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We also have to account for Republican-run states or counties deliberately suppressing information about Covid-19 illness and deaths.
Unless they’re burning bodies or bulldozing them into mass graves, the total death count will tell us what’s up.
re: #7 Vicious Babushka
Gritty OD’d on Tastycakes!
IDK if going to Italy to escape fascism is the right move.
re: #14 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Unless they’re burning bodies or bulldozing them into mass graves, the total death count will tell us what’s up.
Not sure that’s necessary: wasn’t it Florida* that decided to deal with the excess mortality from COVID by simply refusing (on state orders) to put it down as an official “cause of death”?
*Yeah, I know….
re: #10 Vicious Babushka
That is the most Philadelphia thing I have ever seen.
While I’m more Philly-adjacent than actually from Philly, it’s hard to disagree with this statement.
The only thing that would make this more Philly is if Gritty suddenly beaned that Ben Franklin actor who perpetually wanders around Old City with a snowball.
I wish Twitter would hurry up and die already. Tired of the pointless ugly drama tbh.
re: #17 Jay C
Not sure that’s necessary: wasn’t it Florida* that decided to deal with the excess mortality from COVID by simply refusing (on state orders) to put it down as an official “cause of death”?
*Yeah, I know….
That’s my point. Looking at total deaths, they can’t hide the additional deaths over the expected baseline by lying about the cause.
re: #4 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization
I’m surprised she doesn’t end every tweet with a rousing, “Hail Victory!”
Prick Santorum emerges from the Ronald Reagan Portal To Hell
Former Sen. Rick Santorum says we must hold a Convention of States to amend the Constitution because the Founding Fathers intended to place the states “at the top of the food chain.” That is fundamentally wrong. https://t.co/I0kMHZVMEG pic.twitter.com/j5ZdaETIk8
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 8, 2023
re: #23 Joe Bacon ✅
Prick Santorum emerges from the Ronald Reagan Portal To Hell
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A Convention of States is a bad idea because they don’t just want to amend the Constitution, they want to rewrite it. All this talk of fixing “what the Founders intended” is just that - they want to redo the whole goddamn thing to be a religious document from the top to the bottom.
re: #18 Mattand
While I’m more Philly-adjacent than actually from Philly, it’s hard to disagree with this statement.
The only thing that would make this more Philly is if Gritty suddenly beaned that Ben Franklin actor who perpetually wanders around Old City with a snowball.
With a D cell battery inside it.
re: #9 darthstar
The Honeymooners… How sweet.
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😍😍Those who pepper spray together, go to jail together.💕💕
re: #29 Dave In Austin
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If the humidity is low enough, that’s a flying swamp cooler.
re: #29 Dave In Austin
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Is that one of your Screechers, or a Barred Owl?
I’m thinking Screecher.
NEW: The right-wing 5th Circuit just STRUCK DOWN the gun charge that Hunter Biden was charged with as unconstitutional HAHAHAHAHAHA
(Note: I disagree with this ruling, but you gotta admit, this is hilarious) https://t.co/d4aeDFR3rB— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) August 10, 2023
re: #25 Nerdy Fish
A Convention of States is a bad idea because they don’t just want to amend the Constitution, they want to rewrite it. All this talk of fixing “what the Founders intended” is just that - they want to redo the whole goddamn thing to be a religious document from the top to the bottom.
And besides (not that historical factuality means anything to assclowns like Santorum), the whole idea behind crafting the Constitution they came up with in 1787 was because having the States “at the top of food chain” led to a “United States” that was a virtually ungovernable conglomerate of squabbling mini-republics (maybe a quick wiki on the “Articles of Confederation” would give Rick a clue*). For all the flaws the US Constitution has -it’s still proved a pretty durable and effective framework to govern the country: and it’s a sure bet that any “improvements” that today’s RWNJs might come up are certain to be negative ones….
*though I doubt it
re: #30 wrenchwench
If the humidity is low enough, that’s a flying swamp cooler.
re: #31 austin_blue
Is that one of your Screechers, or a Barred Owl?
I’m thinking Screecher.
Yep, the resident Screech owls. They do this every night at dark. I also have a dog pool that everything uses. Cubs and kits….
4D level explaining
Trump Spox gives his excuses why he doesn’t want to participate in any debates in the GOP primary: “Everyone knows Trump will win any debate .. Why should he subject himself to something that is so rigged against him.” pic.twitter.com/7cWoRnYgsz
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 29, 2023
re: #35 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
If he would win the debate, how is it rigged against him? I’m confused. Rightwing logic is wild.
re: #1 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
This Mastodon account is a weekly summary of the death toll from the Republican Plague.
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In the bio, the account notes:
American Deaths:
498,332 - The Civil War
116,516 - WW1
675,000 - 1918 The Spanish Flu
405,399 - WW2
The historical deaths are misleading without a comparison to the population.
Almost 500,000 Americans died in the Civil War when our population was 31,429,000; i.e. 1/10 of our current population.
The 675,000 deaths from the Spanish Flu were from a population of about 103,000,000 — less than a third of the current population. It would be equivalent to about 2.1 million deaths from COVID, or about twice as lethal. However, what is very strange is that the estimated worldwide deaths from the Spanish Flu were 50 million (equivalent to 220 million deaths today) while the comparable figure for COVID is about 7 million. There has to be some other reason for the disparity of impact on the United States vs worldwide. Unreliable figures for 1918? Unreliable counts now? Unreliable in both instances? The different age distribution for the diseases? Spanish flu was particularly lethal to the young and healthy while COVID targets the elderly and the infirm.
re: #32 No Malarkey!
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Gotta say, fucking hilarious.
But true to their funding, they answered the call!
Huzzah!
Gunz! Moar Gunz!
re: #4 The GOP is a Terrorist Organization
Just me stirring the pot :)
Do-nothing Trump didn’t lock up Hillary or make Mexico pay for the wall. DESANTIS 2024.
— Verrified (@efuseakay) August 10, 2023
re: #42 GlutenFreeJesus
I thought Republicans were against defunding the police. Guess not.
re: #45 Patricia Kayden
Unbelievable
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OSHA should institute a Biblical response to these “accidents” and they would end right quick!
I love my friend for sharing her house so generously, but I’m buying her a gas grill for Xmas.
re: #48 darthstar
I love my friend for sharing her house so generously, but I’m buying her a gas grill for Xmas.
Weber’s are made to sit on stone or brick surfaces.
They are also fantastic cookers, if you put in the effort to learn how to use them. It’s a rather complex learning curve. Once you get it down, they are lovely machines.
re: #44 Patricia Kayden
I thought Republicans were against defunding the police. Guess not.
Not THOSE police. Wink wink.
re: #42 GlutenFreeJesus
Just me stirring the pot :)
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I went at that one too.
They were lying to the simpletons of the Trump cult. People who love a hardcore criminal. Those idiots exist to be used by anyone willing to lie to them.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) August 10, 2023
re: #37 Patricia Kayden
Good
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Just remember that Sherri Tenpenny’s bullshit is endlessly repeated by Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs RFK
I’m still trying to get may Circadians back in shape tonight even though I know I’ll fuck things up Friday morning, so I’ll sign off now.
I’ve got to say that this has a been changing of the guard in the Women’s game, with a younger cadre showing their oats, but the poster girl is Linda Caicedo of Columbia who, in the last year has played in the World-17’s, the World-20’s, and the Women’s World Cup.
She is basically playing in her third International World Cup in the last year.
She turned 18 in February, and her goal against Germany was the peach of the tournament so far.
Night all, be nice to each other.
re: #50 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
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Peter Capaldi was the best Doctor Who. Fight me.
He was also the best Malcolm Tucker.
re: #49 austin_blue
Weber’s are made to sit on stone or brick surfaces.
They are also fantastic cookers, if you put in the effort to learn how to use them. It’s a rather complex learning curve. Once you get it down, they are lovely machines.
My dad used to do the Thanksgiving turkey in one.
re: #55 austin_blue
Peter Capaldi was the best Doctor Who. Fight me.
He was also the best Malcolm Tucker.
John Pertwee was the best Doctor. That’s just a fact.
re: #37 Patricia Kayden
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It’s only a suspension because she refused to cooperate with the investigation, not her whackadoodle ideas about vaccines and magnetism or vaccines and 5G towers. One of the board members told her that in exchange for licensure, she had to cooperate in an investigation when there are complaints about her. And there are 350 complaints.
Presumably, she could get her license back at least temporarily if she cooperated with the investigation, but I don’t see the board being all that excited about her vaccine beliefs or (and I’m quoting this, it’s completely crazy):
the claim that major metro areas are “liquifying dead bodies and pouring them into the water supply.”
This probably works better for the state—“we didn’t examine her beliefs, we acted on the fact that she didn’t follow the rules regarding investigations and suspended her license. She can get it back if” (and list reasons). Having a “full court” for Tenpenny’s nonsense would not be helpful, IMO.
The NightCafe challenge for today is “Indian Culture” and the description is thus:
With this theme, you can explore the rich history, vibrant colors, and diverse traditions of India. 🇮🇳
Voting on the entrants and lo and behold I discover… an uncomfortably large number of images are about Native Americans (aka First Peoples of the Americas).
Not only are these generative AI models stupid, so many of the users are clueless.
re: #39 Hecuba’s daughter
The historical deaths are misleading without a comparison to the population.
Almost 500,000 Americans died in the Civil War when our population was 31,429,000; i.e. 1/10 of our current population.The 675,000 deaths from the Spanish Flu were from a population of about 103,000,000 — less than a third of the current population. It would be equivalent to about 2.1 million deaths from COVID, or about twice as lethal. However, what is very strange is that the estimated worldwide deaths from the Spanish Flu were 50 million (equivalent to 220 million deaths today) while the comparable figure for COVID is about 7 million. There has to be some other reason for the disparity of impact on the United States vs worldwide. Unreliable figures for 1918? Unreliable counts now? Unreliable in both instances? The different age distribution for the diseases? Spanish flu was particularly lethal to the young and healthy while COVID targets the elderly and the infirm.
Unreliable in both instances but for very different reasons. In 1918 much of the World had been destabilized by WWI and there just wasn’t anything comparable in terms of modern medical testing, surveillance capability and data gathering. Today it’s entirely politically and economically driven. My go to analogy for the entire depraved response to COVID has always been Chernobyl, because it fits on several levels:
1. A threat that grew out of an exponential equation.
2. Infrastructure designed to contain the threat built around compromised standards, that lacked critical safety features and redundancies.
3. Authoritarian political administrations in many places whose primary drive was to maintain the status quo and were incapable of admitting weakness or error.
4. An utterly pathological mindset across those same administrations that had no problem with the concept of using “human robots” as an ablative asset to get through the crisis.
5. Information channels usually owned and operated by the same self-centered myopic powerful interests whose decisions exacerbated the crisis at every turn.
re: #58 mmmirele
She may be talking about liquid cremation.
People are upset about it, and it’s banned in a lot of places because people freak out about it going down into the sewer and winding up in the water supply after being treated with sewage.
They shouldn’t freak out over this, or should be entirely freaked out at all times, because when a body is drained for embalming, the blood and fluids go down the drain.
re: #61 wrenchwench
Flat-earthers are not going to allow the devil to deceive them any longer.
re: #45 Patricia Kayden
Unbelievable
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At least he learned some skills he can use later, albeit with one hand.
I foresee more such stories as red states open up child labor.
re: #67 darthstar
I know it’s getting old already but fuck these guys and Jason Aldean.
Mastodon edit not showing yet…actually also my nephew, on my wife’s side…
re: #25 Nerdy Fish
How the fuck do they know what the founders intended anyway? Were they there?
Back in the relative safety of the Megalopolex after my excursion to Lubbock. It was hotter than the hinges of hell there, but no worse than Weatherford. The flight out was already a little bumpy from thermals at 7AM, and the flight back considerably worse. Visibility was perfect except for the usual haze of fine dust right on the ground. Really needed my prescription trifocal shades. The endless checkerboard of irrigated cotton fields stretches literally to the horizon (140 miles from 10,000 feet, give or take). It is a sight not to be missed. It is really an artificial construct, a gigantic factory shaped and molded from the ground itself, and does not seem part of the natural world at all.
I have switched airports btw,
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⚡️Massive explosion reported in #Moscow region at the optical and mechanical plant in #SergiyevPosad. pic.twitter.com/hx1mBLuQDG
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) August 9, 2023
re: #76 Captain Ron
who knew telephoto lenses were so volatile?
so just unpacking some not so random thoughts….
Since we’ve observed over the past decade or so that every accusation from the RW appears to be based on projection of their own misdeeds.
Since the Conservatives have been crowing since the Nixon Administration that there’s a vast liberal conspiracy in the media that is slanted against them; it only stands to reason then that there IS a vast conspiracy against liberals. When I look at AM radio, the decline of independent journalism, the slant of multiple networks that exist on cable and streaming that cater specifically to conservative and even evangelical christian POV’s, it’s readily apparent where the actual media bias lies. Hell, Twitter evolved into an effective waypoint for journos to get their thoughts out there, disaffected groups to find support and share information. As soon as it became a tool liberals used to circumvent the media, it’s bought by a RW troll and effectively trashed.
I’ll get off my shine box for now and straighten out my tinfoil hat….
re: #79 piratedan
Naw, you’re dead on. Twitter, in particular, was a tool for marginalized groups and Musk specifically went to destroy it for that purpose.
Coral fucking is cool…but leave it to the coral, please.
re: #79 piratedan
No tinfoil detected. See also the Powell memo, where the right proposed a long march through the US institutions in response to a supposed prior lefty takeover of them.
Of course there was no such lefty takeover of the institutions. Instead, back then (as now), reality simply doesn’t agree with wingnut views.
However, the right’s march through the institutions has been very real. For example, the mainstream media is apparently paralyzed by the offered choice between a center-right slow death and a fascist hard right quick death, leaving remarkably little attention left over for any ideas that might actually help. We have a gilded age v2.0 without the muckrakers, and it will not end well.
As another example, many mainstream Christian denominations are utterly under enemy control, so much so that they call putting saw blade booby traps in the Rio Grande “Christian”. I like to think all these hypocrites have earned themselves an eternity spent hip-deep in molten lead.
Anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate assassinated at campaign event
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against cartels and corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital, amid a startling wave of gang-driven violence in the South American country.
President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio and suggested organized crime was behind his slaying, less than two weeks before the Aug. 20 presidential election.
“I assure you that this crime will not go unpunished,” Lasso said in a statement. “Organized crime has gone too far, but they will feel the full weight of the law.”
re: #85 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I assure you, the people who killed my opponent will pay…as agreed, every month into my Geneva account.
Neighbors helping neighbors….
Juneau residents return lost treasures to families who lost homes in glacial outburst flood
re: #9 darthstar
Florida married couple arrested for pepper-spraying cops during Jan 6 Capitol riot
We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout…
re: #32 No Malarkey!
NEW: The right-wing 5th Circuit just STRUCK DOWN the gun charge that Hunter Biden was charged with as unconstitutional HAHAHAHAHAHA
Is Hunter not just a walking one-man well-regulated Militia?
re: #57 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
John Pertwee was the best Doctor. That’s just a fact.
agreed
Tom Baker second best
re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Is Hunter not just a walking one-man well-regulated Militia?
Well, he certainly is packing, if you get my drift.
Another martyr. I am sure this is going to be spun as Government Tyranny Shutting Down Patriotic Free Speech:
Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah
A man who posted violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday.
Agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Craig Robertson at his home in Utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by Mr Biden.
A criminal complaint said Robertson posted threats on Facebook against Mr Biden and a prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.…
Well then, I guess the gods don’t want me to sleep.
Might as well turn the coffee on and go to work.
re: #93 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
agreed
Tom Baker second best
Tom Baker was by far the best with Christopher Eccleston as second best.
Honestly, I don’t think there were any bad ones though I did get tired of Matt Smith by the end of his run.
re: #48 darthstar
I love my friend for sharing her house so generously, but I’m buying her a gas grill for Xmas.
I have an electric charcoal starter that works surprisingly well.
re: #57 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
John Pertwee was the best Doctor. That’s just a fact.
tom baker I’ve always thought was a bit overrated, but of course, even he would have worn better if they hadn’t just held on to him forever. And I gather Tennant is coming back for another run. I’m assuming the female doctor may have done irreversible damage to the franchise. It’s just such a stupid concept: “we must have a female doctor because hey, we’ve never done that before.”
re: #102 steve_davis
tom baker I’ve always thought was a bit overrated, but of course, even he would have worn better if they hadn’t just held on to him forever. And I gather Tennant is coming back for another run. I’m assuming the female doctor may have done irreversible damage to the franchise. It’s just such a stupid concept: “we must have a female doctor because hey, we’ve never done that before.”
The far bigger problem was the show runners starting Moffat. Almost as much damage as Berman/Braga did to Star Trek. (Coto almost salvaged Enterprise but too much damage was already done.) Hopefully Dr Who has the momentum to overcome that damage.
Good morning. Except… Woke up to the news of 36 dead in Hawaii?
re: #106 Rightwingconspirator
Unfortunately, there probably will be more.
— Make it Stop - Liberty and Justice for All 🌊🌊🌊 (@mcarr2021) August 10, 2023
The latest on Clarence Thomas’s undisclosed gifts from 4 billionaires, per @propublica:
• 38+ destination vacations
• 26 private jet flights
• 8 by helicopter
• A dozen VIP passes to professional & college sporting events
• 2 stays at luxury resorts in Florida & Jamaica pic.twitter.com/6vsbrYFCqi— The Recount (@therecount) August 10, 2023
re: #108 Dave In Austin
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More “actually slavery was ok” lessons for Florida children.
Florida’s latest curriculum—featuring cartoon Christopher Columbus explaining, “being taken as a slave is better than being killed!” and telling time-traveling kids that slavery was “no big deal.”
This is the kind of propaganda DeSantis and his friends at PragerU are teaching… pic.twitter.com/wPY8USFzhQ— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 7, 2023
BREAKING: The consumer price index rose 3.2% from a year ago in July, less than expected. https://t.co/KHWzWZm5Fs pic.twitter.com/OT5S7g0qen
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 10, 2023
In other words, inflation is slowing faster than the so-called experts have estimated.
This is bad news for Biden. /NYT
At least 36 people have been killed in Maui and thousands of Hawaii residents have fled their homes from of one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in years. The fires have been fueled in part by violent winds from Hurricane Dora, more than 800 miles away.
🎥 Front Street in Lahaina pic.twitter.com/NppUeL9wTs— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 10, 2023
I am a resident of Maui, Hawaii. My island is on fire. My city was burned fo the ground thanks to wildfires fueled by winds from Hurricane Dora. Tim Scott and every Republican can go to hell as they continue to deny climate change. I’m LIVING the #ClimateCrisis. #MauiFires https://t.co/8ZfNUyT8Kh
— HawaiiDelilah™ 🟦 (@HawaiiDelilah) August 9, 2023
GOPers continue to claim climate change doesn’t exist or isn’t a problem, all while the evidence of how climate change is causing more extreme weather and climatic events is piling up - with dead bodies.
re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another martyr. I am sure this is going to be spun as Government Tyranny Shutting Down Patriotic Free Speech:
Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah
A man who posted violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday.
Agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Craig Robertson at his home in Utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by Mr Biden.
A criminal complaint said Robertson posted threats on Facebook against Mr Biden and a prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.…
I think Robertson may have wanted to go out in a blaze of glory; he pretty much dared the FBI to come after him for his graphically violent threats.
LOL you love to see it….
The collapse of the Russian ruble is spreading panic among Kremlin propagandists https://t.co/MADqY6lJTk
— Business Ukraine mag (@Biz_Ukraine_Mag) August 10, 2023
Solovyov - what an embarrassing clown 🤡
re: #113 No Malarkey!
I think Robertson may have wanted to go out in a blaze of glory; he pretty much dared the FBI to come after him for his graphically violent threats.
Yeah, seems like he wanted to go via suicide by cop.
re: #112 lawhawk
Climate change will cause more ‘border emergencies.’
re: #11 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
That’s what true love looks like.
A family that crimes together, does time together.
re: #117 Eventual Carrion
A family that crimes together, does time together.
Shame they don’t have coed prisons for married couples.
re: #113 No Malarkey!
I think Robertson may have wanted to go out in a blaze of glory; he pretty much dared the FBI to come after him for his graphically violent threats.
Hoping to be the spark……
To what end, I don’t know. These asshole go hot and they will be fighting the police. And if they think the cops will roll with them, they will for the most part be in for a big surprise.
re: #110 No Malarkey!
More “actually slavery was ok” lessons for Florida children.
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I thought it was “freedom-loving American patriots” who contributed to the Capitol Hill riots and insurrection claiming it was in part against “slavery” to the Federal Government? Or am I just imagining things?
All of a sudden, magically when it is black people, Slavery is good now? Ok then…
I can already hear the laughter in school classrooms across the state and embarrassed teachers having to mind this bilge and actually grade exams on this. As a Florida parent of school kids I am deeply embarrassed for this state and it’s laughably embrassing Republican politicians. What a laughingstock state I currently live in.
re: #119 Dave In Austin
Hoping to be the spark……
To what end, I don’t know. These asshole go hot and they will be fighting the police. And if they think the cops will roll with them, they will for the most part be in for a big surprise.
The MAGA John Brown? I fear there are a number of them out there right now preening their beards and preparing for posterity
re: #110 No Malarkey!
Florida’s latest curriculum—featuring cartoon Christopher Columbus explaining, “being taken as a slave is better than being killed!”
Better to live on your knees than die on your feet!
Dishonor before discomfort!
GIve me liberty or give me useful skills that I can use in later life!
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The MAGA John Brown? I fear there are a number of them out there right now preening their beards and preparing for posterity
As long as the cops get to them before they do any harm to the rest of us, I’m good.
I’m still believe in being unarmed in America as a positive. I’m not sure how long that will last.
How is the MAGA base supposed to react to this? I mean, seriously - they want Hunter in prison, but the court just found that the law under which Biden was being sentenced was unconstitutional. And if the law was unconstitutional, then the sentence will be voided. LMAO.
NEW: The right-wing 5th Circuit just STRUCK DOWN the gun charge that Hunter Biden was charged with as unconstitutional HAHAHAHAHAHA
(Note: I disagree with this ruling, but you gotta admit, this is hilarious) https://t.co/d4aeDFR3rB— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) August 10, 2023
BTW, this appears to also be the law that a mother whose 6-year-old kid got access to his mom’s gun and shot a teacher is being sentenced under (while that investigation continues).
New details emerge on how 6-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher got mom’s gun - mom’s negligence directly resulted in a shooting (and she appears to have lied about securing gun in lockbox or w/trigger lock) https://t.co/c8iv1kkoWO via @nbcnews
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) August 10, 2023
Just waiting for PragerU to say Hitler was misunderstood.
re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The MAGA John Brown? I fear there are a number of them out there right now preening their beards and preparing for posterity
They’ll be gunned down like rabid dogs and forgotten. C’est la vie.
I remember quite vividly how the RWNJs went to ground after the OKC bombing. “NO, NO, MAN…IT WASN’T US! WE’D NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!”
After that atrocity, they promptly sat down and shut the fuck up. And they’ll do it again…because at heart, they’re little more than trash-talking cowards. All hat, no cattle.
Russian 2S19 _was_ loading ammuntion …
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re: #125 Joe Bacon ✅
Just waiting for PragerU to say Hitler was misunderstood.
Michael Stacey could write it for them. “If the U.K. and France had just left Hitler alone to fight Stalin, everything would’ve been fine. The U.S. caused the Holocaust by goading Hitler into declaring war.”
re: #123 Dave In Austin
As long as the cops get to them before they do any harm to the rest of us, I’m good.
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Their whole point is to do harm.
re: #125 Joe Bacon ✅
Just waiting for PragerU to say Hitler was misunderstood.
They oppose teaching of Critical Reich Theory
re: #125 Joe Bacon ✅
Just waiting for PragerU to say Hitler was misunderstood.
“Well, he did some good things.”
You know it’s coming.
re: #131 Florida Panhandler
“Well, he did some good things.”
You know it’s coming.
Just think of all those advances in pediatric medicine
re: #102 steve_davis
tom baker I’ve always thought was a bit overrated, but of course, even he would have worn better if they hadn’t just held on to him forever. And I gather Tennant is coming back for another run. I’m assuming the female doctor may have done irreversible damage to the franchise. It’s just such a stupid concept: “we must have a female doctor because hey, we’ve never done that before.”
I liked her — not the storylines but her as a character. And I was not fond of their decision to abandon the rules on the number of reincarnations by creating a new origin story for her. Of course, to continue the series, they had to do something about that, but it was irritating.
re: #49 austin_blue
Weber’s are made to sit on stone or brick surfaces.
They are also fantastic cookers, if you put in the effort to learn how to use them. It’s a rather complex learning curve. Once you get it down, they are lovely machines.
I prefer Kamado ceramic grills; I have a Kamado Joe. I bought that one over the Big Green Egg because it is red. As good a reason as any in comparing the two.
re: #133 Hecuba’s daughter
I liked her — not the storylines but her as a character. And I was not fond of their decision to abandon the rules on the number of reincarnations by creating a new origin story for her. Of course, to continue the series, they had to do something about that, but it was irritating.
The alternatives were the series coming to an end, or the Doctor stealing a body like the Master did with Nyssa’s father.
re: #125 Joe Bacon ✅
Just waiting for PragerU to say Hitler was misunderstood.
Since Prager is a right-whinger Christian, I am guessing that he has made that statement, or something adjacent — I do not distinguish the asshole from his fake university.
In another sign Trump will dodge debating his opponents, he refuses to pledge loyalty to the GOP nominee if it’s not him. The GOP has left itself with two bad scenarios; one in which it nominates a felon for President, or Trump opposes the GOP nominee, encouraging his cult not to vote. This is the fate the GOP richly deserves for choosing to back Trump at every turn, no matter how heinous his conduct was.
re: #138 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Since Prager is a right-whinger Christian, I am guessing that he has made that statement, or something adjacent — I do not distinguish the asshole from his fake university.
He’s Jewish. (We don’t want him or Shapiro, but it doesn’t work that way).
re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Just think of all those advances in pediatric medicine
He oversaw some thrilling research on rocketry and survivability in extreme climates. He also oversaw research on genetics and adaption to high altitudes. /////////// <- to infinity and beyond
re: #55 austin_blue
Tom Baker, but with Jon Pertwee (sorry) a close second. The scarf alone…
re: #139 No Malarkey!
In another sign Trump will dodge debating his opponents, he refuses to pledge loyalty to the GOP nominee if it’s not him. The GOP has left itself with two bad scenarios; one in which it nominates a felon for President, or Trump opposes the GOP nominee, encouraging his cult not to vote. This is the fate the GOP richly deserves for choosing to back Trump at every turn, no matter how heinous his conduct was.
This is childish and meaningless
Its also demeaning to the party. Ronna’s an idiot.
Six year olds sign pledges
After airing an interview in which Donald Trump denied he lost the 2020 election, Newsmax’s Eric Bolling reads a statement from the network:
“Now just a note. Newsmax has accepted the election results as legal and final” pic.twitter.com/Paq9WC9d7b— aliciasadowski (@aliciasadowski6) August 10, 2023
Newsmax introduced to rock and hard place simultaneously
re: #145 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
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Legal and final because there’s no way to reverse a Presidential election, but I’m sure they have a lot of fantasies about things being unfair to corrupt Donald Trump but unfixable.
re: #144 wrenchwench
Birbie. It’s been hiding.
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re: #102 steve_davis
tom baker I’ve always thought was a bit overrated, but of course, even he would have worn better if they hadn’t just held on to him forever. And I gather Tennant is coming back for another run. I’m assuming the female doctor may have done irreversible damage to the franchise. It’s just such a stupid concept: “we must have a female doctor because hey, we’ve never done that before.”
No, Jodie Whitaker and the female Doctor didn’t do irreparable damage. She was a good Doctor. The writing was weak. While what’s his name could do a great intimate series like Broadchurch, he couldn’t do a Universe the size of Doctor Who.
GAAAAH.
re: #133 Hecuba’s daughter
I liked her — not the storylines but her as a character. And I was not fond of their decision to abandon the rules on the number of reincarnations by creating a new origin story for her. Of course, to continue the series, they had to do something about that, but it was irritating.
They ditched the number of reincarnation to allow Capaldi’s Doctor, which they had also fudged by having Tenets Doctor reincarnate twice. Her tie in to make the Doctor tue original was just the writer trying to explain why her version of the Timelords was so awesome.
Par.
I’ll take it.
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re: #109 lawhawk
Thomas is totally compromised. All these perks would dry up if he ruled against the people providing them. If Roberts won’t clean this up, the Senate should hold a very public investigation.
So, in legal filings there’s often interesting stuff found in the footnotes.
Trump’s prosecution cases are no exception, and he produces a ton of filings and motions. There was one particular filing made by prosecutors that has gotten a lot of interest because prosecutors and a judge initially suggested Trump was a flight risk before the prosecutors withdrew that as an issue (for reasons currently unknown) and the judge relied on other grounds to issue the substantive ruling.
“The government later acknowledged, however, that it had ‘errantly included flight from prosecution as a predicate’ in its application,” the carefully worded footnote continued. “The district court did not rely on risk of flight in its ultimate analysis.”
There’s no indication that Howell ever withdrew her finding.
The D.C. Court said that Howell simply leaned on other reasons for upholding a non-disclosure order for Twitter, like giving Trump “an opportunity to destroy evidence, change patterns of behavior” or “notify confederates.”
Right wingers are hanging their hats on this footnote as proof of something, despite the fact that Trump has actually mused about moving to France to get away from it all…
We also don’t know what other evidence prosecutors had on Trump and his coconspirators in this and related trials that might suggest fleeing from the US and criminal prosecutions here.
re: #136 jeffreyw
I have favorites, but I don’t see any reason to create hierarchies of fandoms. Or Doctors…
re: #140 I Would Prefer Not To
He’s Jewish. (We don’t want him or Shapiro, but it doesn’t work that way).
I didn’t know that. Another example of a rightwinger who only cares about oppression if he is in the oppressed class.
re: #149 Belafon
They ditched the number of reincarnation to allow Capaldi’s Doctor, which they had also fudged by having Tenets Doctor reincarnate twice. Her tie in to make the Doctor tue original was just the writer trying to explain why her version of the Timelords was so awesome.
Remember River explaining that there are rules and she knew all the Doctor’s faces — until she learned that, “oops”, Capaldi was the Doctor. They had to ditch the number of reincarnations if they wanted the series to continue. But was not a fan of how they did it.
Tennant is coming back for a few episodes, not a series in Dr. Who. That’s because Ncuti Gatwa, who was playing the successor Doctor to Jodie Whitaker had conflicts shooting the show. Tennant subs in for the 60th special and a couple additional episodes.
Whitaker’s Doctor suffered from writing issues and I think it was because they had it overladen with too many companions at the same time (Yaz, Graham, and Ryan). They should have gone with just Yaz and one of the two. It would have resulted in tighter writing and more character development instead of splitting time. After Graham and Ryan left the show, Yaz and Dan were a good mix and there was better chemistry while the writing chugged along.
YMMV
re: #156 lawhawk
Tennant is coming back for a few episodes, not a series in Dr. Who. That’s because Ncuti Gatwa, who was playing the successor Doctor to Jodie Whitaker had conflicts shooting the show. Tennant subs in for the 60th special and a couple additional episodes.
Whitaker’s Doctor suffered from writing issues and I think it was because they had it overladen with too many companions at the same time (Yaz, Graham, and Ryan). They should have gone with just Yaz and one of the two. It would have resulted in tighter writing and more character development instead of splitting time. After Graham and Ryan left the show, Yaz and Dan were a good mix and there was better chemistry while the writing chugged along.
YMMV
I was annoyed with Tennant not showing up for “Time of the Angels” since it was clear that he should have been the doctor in that episode, given the dialog in “Silence in the Library”.
Today’s CPI came in below expectations, and the stock markets are happy today.
re: #156 lawhawk
Tennant is coming back for a few episodes, not a series in Dr. Who. That’s because Ncuti Gatwa, who was playing the successor Doctor to Jodie Whitaker had conflicts shooting the show. Tennant subs in for the 60th special and a couple additional episodes.
Whitaker’s Doctor suffered from writing issues and I think it was because they had it overladen with too many companions at the same time (Yaz, Graham, and Ryan). They should have gone with just Yaz and one of the two. It would have resulted in tighter writing and more character development instead of splitting time. After Graham and Ryan left the show, Yaz and Dan were a good mix and there was better chemistry while the writing chugged along.
YMMV
Three companions have always been too many. The Nyssa, Teagan, Adric episodes had the same problem.
re: #160 No Malarkey!
Fingers crossed, but looks like the US might avoid a recession. At worst, we might have a short-lived technical recession.
re: #145 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
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So Newsmax can keep helping Trump push the big lie so long as they mumble a disclaimer after the interview?
re: #138 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Since Prager is a right-whinger Christian, I am guessing that he has made that statement, or something adjacent — I do not distinguish the asshole from his fake university.
Prager is Jewish…and an embarrassment…
re: #150 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Par.
I’ll take it.
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Apparently, my PC rebooted last night. As a result, many sites I visit are asking me to enter my password. This includes the Times Wordle site. When I enter my credentials there, it says I’m offline. Searching for fixes, the most popular one seems to be to clear the Times cookies. That didn’t make any difference. I know the site is up because I did the puzzle today on my iPad.
Any suggestions how to resolve this problem? BTW, I’m using Chrome.
re: #163 darthstar
So Newsmax can keep helping Trump push the big lie so long as they mumble a disclaimer after the interview?
Yup. That’ll likely meet the threshold for disclaimers.
Trump doesn’t sound mentally fit to lead our country. pic.twitter.com/5VzniBhNel
— David Weissman ✡️ (@davidmweissman) August 10, 2023
re: #167 lawhawk
Yup. That’ll likely meet the threshold for disclaimers.
Right. They can’t really be responsible for what their guests or interviewees might say, but they can certainly state they believe something the interviewee said isn’t true.
re: #168 lawhawk
A man who tweets like that is calling another a man a “mental catastrophe”?
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
A man who tweets like that is calling another a man a “mental catastrophe”?
PLAIIOS!S!!S!!!
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
A man who tweets like that is calling another a man a “mental catastrophe”?
Made me think of Trump as a Mental Cat.
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
A man who tweets like that is calling another a man a “mental catastrophe”?
He’s become a true Conservative, projecting his own issues onto his enemy.
Came across a twitter Nazi
So you know they lie to you. But have you taken these red pills yet? 💊
- Democracy is NOT a good thing
- Enlightenment is anti-Christian
- Equality is a false doctrine
- Judaism is the opposite of Christianity
- Communism is a Jewish ideology
- WWII was not Germany’s fault pic.twitter.com/Aw9iwQdb9l— Modern Crusaders (@WeCrusaders) August 7, 2023
Of course, but why did they do it? Also why did the UK care and then did nothing when the Soviets invaded Poland right after Germany? https://t.co/KZiIKp2UJF
— Modern Crusaders (@WeCrusaders) August 8, 2023
re: #168 lawhawk
The walls are closing in and the stench of flop sweat grows stronger.
re: #140 I Would Prefer Not To
He’s Jewish. (We don’t want him or Shapiro, but it doesn’t work that way).
Prager is Jewish? WHAT??
re: #174 gocart mozart
Isn’t it more likely that you’ve lost the plot entirely? Your username is not something a heathy person would choose. It reeks of fascism.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) August 10, 2023
re: #151 KingKenrod
Thomas is totally compromised. All these perks would dry up if he ruled against the people providing them. If Roberts won’t clean this up, the Senate should hold a very public investigation.
So is Alito. And beer boy and the church lady.
re: #176 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Prager is Jewish? WHAT??
Yeah he is in the same gang of tools as Ben Shapiro and Chaya Raichik.
This gang of nazi shits has been harassing a synagogue FOR 20 YEARS.
re: #63 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
She may be talking about liquid cremation.
People are upset about it, and it’s banned in a lot of places because people freak out about it going down into the sewer and winding up in the water supply after being treated with sewage.They shouldn’t freak out over this, or should be entirely freaked out at all times, because when a body is drained for embalming, the blood and fluids go down the drain.
And don’t drink water anyway, fish fuck in it.
re: #168 lawhawk
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re: #176 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Prager is a major hypocrite, he always preaches how marriage is so important, and everyone needs to be married (to the opposite sex), yet….he has been married 4 times…
re: #178 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So is Alito. And beer boy and the church lady.
I think they’re only being noticed because somebody found it unseemly that a Black man was receiving lavish gifts.
re: #166 sizzzzlerz
Apparently, my PC rebooted last night. As a result, many sites I visit are asking me to enter my password. This includes the Times Wordle site. When I enter my credentials there, it says I’m offline. Searching for fixes, the most popular one seems to be to clear the Times cookies. That didn’t make any difference. I know the site is up because I did the puzzle today on my iPad.
Any suggestions how to resolve this problem? BTW, I’m using Chrome.
Cisco 101:
Shutdown (not reboot) your computer
Count to 20
Turn on your your computer
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re: #174 gocart mozart
A real dandy this one is…..
No. Any solution less than Catholic dominance is unacceptable. https://t.co/4oQ2kFcxdb pic.twitter.com/rbiOX45ief
— Modern Crusaders (@WeCrusaders) August 9, 2023
re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another martyr. I am sure this is going to be spun as Government Tyranny Shutting Down Patriotic Free Speech:
Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah
A man who posted violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday.
Agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Craig Robertson at his home in Utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by Mr Biden.
A criminal complaint said Robertson posted threats on Facebook against Mr Biden and a prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.…
But Kathy Griffin should have gone to jail for this they say.
re: #186 Dave In Austin
You have a lifetime of disappointment ahead of you unless you smarten up and abandon fascism. Your religion only applies to voluntary members. It’s a coping strategy, not something to be used to dominate others. You’ve made it into something evil.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) August 10, 2023
re: #142 451_Montag
Tom Baker, but with Jon Pertwee (sorry) a close second. The scarf alone…
I ran around in high school in an army greatcoat with brass buttons and a multicolored eight-foot scarf
re: #184 wrenchwench
I think they’re only being noticed because somebody found it unseemly that a Black man was receiving lavish gifts.
Yeah. For all the things that are wrong with Thomas, being black ain’t one.
I’m in the process of making some feet to raise the head-end of my bed to try to deal with acid reflux. It’s solid plastic and took 2-days to print one. The second will finish today.
ABS curls up from the build plate a little when printing large solid objects. I used that to my advantage. It’ll be easy to slide the bed away from the wall to clean because the edges of the feet curve up.
these people are out of their goddam minds https://t.co/4UywynNA98
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 9, 2023
Next on Fox News🚨🚨
“Joe Biden signals Hunter Biden’s investors with bonfires strategically placed on mountains throughout the US!” pic.twitter.com/ilYUNjnSp9— JGF (@JFG0995) August 10, 2023
re: #174 gocart mozart
Came across a twitter Nazi
History is full of nuances and it is impossible to talk about the causes of WW2 without going back to the end of WW1, but the point of all this historical revisionism is to try to rehabiltate and mainstream Nazi and fascist ideology
Next thesis; the North caused the Civil War by forcing the Southern states to secede
re: #96 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another martyr. I am sure this is going to be spun as Government Tyranny Shutting Down Patriotic Free Speech:
Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah
A man who posted violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday.
Agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Craig Robertson at his home in Utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by Mr Biden.
A criminal complaint said Robertson posted threats on Facebook against Mr Biden and a prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.…
Not that I have the least amount of sympathy for the late Mr. Robertson: it sounds like he (finally) got a hard lesson in FO after an awful lot of FA- BUT: I am curious to know exactly what happened with that FBI shootout. And contrary to TV depictions, I believe G-men actually having to use their weapons is a fairly uncommon occurrence. Most of the media reports I’ve read simply repeat the basic story (though some in the blogosphere have livened up the coverage with screenshots of Craig Robertson’s deranged, bloodthirsty social-media postings: sick stuff) - but I wonder what actually went down? I’m guessing that he probably shot at (or drew on) the FBI agents, and got well-ventilated for his pains, but so far, no details have (AFAICT) been released.
I also think that having some sort of details on the *actual* events is important (neverminding, for the moment, that the FBI has its own issues with credibility), as it’s a certainty that the RWNJ media is going to try to make this guy into some kind of martyr.
re: #185 BeenHereAwhile
Cisco 101:
Shutdown (not reboot) your computer
Count to 20
Turn on your your computer
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Rebooting seemed to work. I wasn’t even asked to login this time.
After 45 years of the personal computer, you might think having to restart to make something work would not be a necessary step any longer. But, nooooooo!
re: #198 A Cranky One
Today is National Spoil Your Dog Day
How does that differ from the other 364 days?
Quantum entanglement is a type of correlation. If you hit your head against a wall, some electrons in your head will become correlated with the wall. Dunno what it’s to with vaccines but you can’t “control” anything through entanglement.https://t.co/qJzATxZlwc
— Sabine Hossenfelder (@skdh) August 10, 2023
To say this differently: If you have two entangled particles and you do something to one of them, NOTHING will happen to the other particle. It’s a correlation stretching over a distance, not an action at a distance.
— Sabine Hossenfelder (@skdh) August 10, 2023
My late Chemistry teach pounded it into the heads of us students to teach us the Scientific Method:
“Correlation does not imply causation”.
You have to prove the causal link, and that is absent for proving quantum entanglement being action at a distance.
And I’ve seen the quantum handwave from people like that myself in my field (EE).
I was explaining to this dude about current density and how exceeding 5-6 A/mm² in conductors is not advisable and why, and get the excuse that quantum physics contradicts me.
re: #202 Teukka
“I have discovered a shiny new term and now I am going to apply it in ways that have nothing to do with anything but sound insightful and provocative!”
I know that all of my posts said “George Floyd and Breonna Taylor should have complied” but this is totally different and you should understand that. https://t.co/er0S5BdXp7
— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) August 10, 2023
re: #204 DodgerFan1988
So he is already a martyr
Larry Hogan is bad for America. https://t.co/hQ34IBmCG9
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) August 10, 2023
re: #199 Jay C
Not that I have the least amount of sympathy for the late Mr. Robertson: it sounds like he (finally) got a hard lesson in FO after an awful lot of FA- BUT: I am curious to know exactly what happened with that FBI shootout. And contrary to TV depictions, I believe G-men actually having to use their weapons is a fairly uncommon occurrence. Most of the media reports I’ve read simply repeat the basic story (though some in the blogosphere have livened up the coverage with screenshots of Craig Robertson’s deranged, bloodthirsty social-media postings: sick stuff) - but I wonder what actually went down? I’m guessing that he probably shot at (or drew on) the FBI agents, and got well-ventilated for his pains, but so far, no details have (AFAICT) been released.
I also think that having some sort of details on the *actual* events is important (neverminding, for the moment, that the FBI has its own issues with credibility), as it’s a certainty that the RWNJ media is going to try to make this guy into some kind of martyr.
I can’t say what happened at that moment but he put in writing (FB, I think) that he’d kill FBI or other people who can’t to his house. He was itching to use his guns to kill law enforcement.
Fucking Bill Mahar……
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— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) August 10, 2023
re: #194 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I’m in the process of making some feet to raise the head-end of my bed to try to deal with acid reflux. It’s solid plastic and took 2-days to print one. The second will finish today.
ABS curls up from the build plate a little when printing large solid objects. I used that to my advantage. It’ll be easy to slide the bed away from the wall to clean because the edges of the feet curve up.
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We bought an electric platform when we replaced our mattress in January…being able to elevate the head a couple of inches does make a difference.
re: #208 Dave In Austin
From the replies….
He has always been loopy. He was barely acting in the movie 2012. He is that guy.
— 🤙🏻🌺Momo-Mdoc. (@stonebarak) August 10, 2023
Roland Emmerich probably told him, “OK, Woody…just improvise. And more importantly, just be yourself. And….ACTION!”
The ‘War Room’ is a private male-only network that costs thousands of dollars to access. Andrew Tate is the face. But as @ColborneMichael reveals, there are other important figures who are not always so open about their War Room association. https://t.co/vrZvr0xlYU
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) August 10, 2023
— Walter Blake (@WalterBlake1) August 9, 2023
I’m cocaine? https://t.co/SzJ8qpUsDO
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 10, 2023
I occasionally listen to a few seconds of the Patriot Channel on Sirius, which is about all of the rightwing nonsense I can stand at a time. Today on “The Wilcow Majority,” Wilcow was getting ready to destroy the life of another J6 Insurrectionist by putting on a conspiracy theorist to claim that individual was an FBI agent inciting the crowd, like Ray Epps. It is karmically amusing that these shit for brains MAGAts have their lives ruined by the same kind of conspiracy theories that drew them to the J6 insurrection in the first place.
re: #213 Captain Ron
PS: and when we rape you, it will be your fault for acting and dressing like a slut who was obviously asking for it.
PPS: don’t go expecting any child support or government aid to deal with the consequences of you licentions behavior
re: #197 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
History is full of nuances and it is impossible to talk about the causes of WW2 without going back to the end of WW1, but the point of all this historical revisionism is to try to rehabiltate and mainstream Nazi and fascist ideology
Next thesis; the North caused the Civil War by forcing the Southern states to secede
The Lost Cause mythology blames the war on NORTHERN AGGRESSION invading the peaceful Southern states after they declared independence from the radical abolitionists. (Not sarcasm, this is really part of the myth)
re: #214 Dave In Austin
Take a seat, Stella. pic.twitter.com/fVP2wNYif1
— BDE - Big Donkey Energy (@Pullma_Pfanger) August 10, 2023
re: #191 wrenchwench
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Bikes really are amazing. There are very few things that thrilled me when I was 4 that still do in my 50s. But bikes do. They are transportation, sport, and mental therapy all rolled into one.
Another loss to conspiracy theories. pic.twitter.com/xVZ2EQe5Q2
— MOSA OKNOTOK (@mosaisms) August 10, 2023
re: #174 gocart mozart
Came across a twitter Nazi
Reported; I’ll let y’all know if Xitter does anything about this Nazi.
re: #221 No Malarkey!
Reported; I’ll let y’all know if Xitter does anything about this Nazi.
If they do, Elmo will later apologize to him for the “mistake.”
Excellent piece on Talking Points Memo about the freak who died in a shootout with FBI agents, after they came for him because he was yammering on social media about going on an assassination spree.
And yeah, he’s exactly what you figured he’d be:
What’s notable about the complaint is how many of Robertson’s threats and complaints mirror standard GOP talking points from Capitol Hill. He refers to the FBI visits in response to his threats to murder Alvin Bragg and President Biden as an example of “the WEAPONIZED FBI coming after a 75 year old conservative,” and he makes general complaints about the FBI monitoring conservative social media. He also criticizes Facebook for censoring his assassination threats. Of course, he walked around in a Trump hat and identified himself as a “MAGA TRUMPER,” which from the material noted above seems like a credible claim.
re: #134 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Birb after yesterday’s fail.
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re: #217 Vicious Babushka
At least in my Western NC high school nearly 40 years ago the Civil War was taught to be about slavery. Yeah, there was mention of tariffs and state’s rights, but there was no Lost Cause mythology. Of course, this was at the racially diverse, city high school. I shudder to think what was taught in the all-white rural areas.
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There absolutely needs to be a law that limits how many times they show these damn commercials. pic.twitter.com/6GKBQb5zAC
— 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚢𝙳𝟹 (@billyd3_) August 10, 2023
Republicans have NOTHING. They are liars just like trump pic.twitter.com/nXF8T3XNl3
— Catherine L. (@Catheri36455257) August 10, 2023
re: #217 Vicious Babushka
The Lost Cause mythology blames the war on NORTHERN AGGRESSION invading the peaceful Southern states after they declared independence from the radical abolitionists. (Not sarcasm, this is really part of the myth)
And slavery had nothing to do with it, it was all a matter of tariffs and states’ rights
How long before DeathSantis follows suit?
Iraq bans media from using term ‘homosexuality,’ says they must use ‘sexual deviance
re: #229 Dr. Matt
How long before DeathSantis follows suit?
Iraq bans media from using term ‘homosexuality,’ says they must use ‘sexual deviance
Because Fundamentalist God/Allah finds homosexuality an abomination and the work of Satan.
“Should have complied” statement not valid for Nazis, fascists, and MAGA terrorists. It is important to check local voting registrations before blindly defending law enforcement.
This has been a message from the MAGA double standard noticer.— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) August 10, 2023
This was a fun one. Really made me think.
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re: #231 goddamnedfrank
Wasn’t Nick Pickles the Chris Farley motivational speaker character?
Wonkette:
Guess Donald Trump Is Full-On Panicking About Fani Willis Now
“…somehow in the game of right-wing telephone, which is more a game of lying than a game of telephone, it’s turned into Willis having a sexual affair with somebody she represented.”
re: #237 jaunte
Wasn’t Nick Pickles the Chris Farley motivational speaker character?
Mr Camper van Down by the River?
re: #237 jaunte
Wasn’t Nick Pickles the Chris Farley motivational speaker character?
Nick Pickles was a 70s pornstache star, right?
‘Make up your own reality’: Former Republican staffer reveals how party concocts bogus stories https://t.co/5VXcf4bdNB
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 10, 2023
re: #241 Captain Ron
‘Make up your own reality’: Former Republican staffer reveals how party concocts bogus stories
That is what Karl Rove told them to do and what people like Breitbart, Matt Drudge and Jim Hoft have made their trademark.
Just float a story in the Internet and after a while it will become “trending” and get picked up by the MSM
Heisenberg’s uncertainty pickup truck:
I don’t know about you, but I read left to right, top to bottom. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/tp8Ww50rlC
— Ryan Shead (@RyanShead) August 10, 2023
re: #236 Dr. Matt
This was a fun one. Really made me think.
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re: #242 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is what Karl Rove told them to do and what people like Breitbart, Matt Drudge and Jim Hoft have made their trademark.
Just float a story in the Internet and after a while it will become “trending” and get picked up by the MSM
I saw a guy online who was sincerely upset over something stupid earlier this week. His evidence that he needed everyone to see was from Dim Jim’s propaganda site. Several people told him that Jim is not running a news site.
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